Mexico-linked surgeries spark deadly fungal outbreak in US.

The US and Mexico have requested the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern over a deadly fungal outbreak that has affected patients from multiple countries and 24 US states. The CDC is monitoring the condition of 195 people across the US who got surgeries involving epidural anesthesia at two facilities in Mexico. Fourteen are "suspected" and 11 are "probable" cases of fungal meningitis. Two of these patients have died. Recent test results from authorities in Mexico have sparked concern of a repeat from another deadly outbreak that was linked to surgeries elsewhere in Mexico earlier this year.