Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Mexican Surgeries Leaves 2 Dead.

Two people in the US have died and over 200 others are at risk of fungal meningitis after an outbreak linked to two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, where patients traveled for cosmetic surgeries. The CDC has urged people who had epidural anesthesia at these clinics to be tested for meningitis, even if they do not have symptoms. Health authorities in the US and Mexico have asked the World Health Organization to issue an emergency declaration in response to the outbreak. The CDC is working with Mexico's Ministry of Health and local health departments in 24 US states and the District of Columbia to respond to the outbreak and to contact people who officials know had surgery at the clinics.