Meningitis outbreak kills at least seven people

October 8, 2012 6:32 AM

An outbreak of rare fungal meningitis has spread to nine states and has killed seven people. Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks to Charlie Rose about the level of risk for infection.

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