Meningitis Strikes Howell Man Whose Wife Died Of The Disease

A Livingston County man whose wife died in a national outbreak of meningitis says he's in a hospital being treated for the same illness, the Detroit News reports.

George Cary, 65, of Howell says he began having severe headaches Friday, just days after being told that initial tests in early October showed no evidence of meningitis.

Cary didn't disclose the name of the hospital in his Wednesday statement provided to the Associated Press.

He and his wife, Lilian, were treated for back and neck pain at a Brighton-area clinic that used contaminated steroids made by a Massachusetts pharmacy. Lilian Cary died on Sept. 30.