5 convicted in meningitis outbreak case; 1 acquitted

BOSTON (AP) — Four former employees and an owner of the Massachusetts facility responsible for a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds have been convicted of charges including mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
A Boston jury on Thursday acquitted another employee, pharmacist Joseph Evanosky, of all charges.
It’s the latest case stemming from the outbreak caused by tainted steroid injections made at the now-closed New England Comp