BLITZER: There are some alarming new numbers connected with the nationwide meningitis outbreak. Kate Bolduan's back. She's got that, some of the other top stories of the day -- Kate.</s>BOLDUAN: Hi, there, Wolf. It's a big expansion of its warnings. The Food and Drug Administration now says more than 1,200 hospitals and clinics bought steroids and other drugs from a company whose contaminated products are linked to meningitis infections. The government also reported 11 new infections today, 308 illnesses and 23 deaths are now blamed on the contaminated drug. Many of the cases are in Tennessee. And the state's pharmacy board just announced the New England Compounding Center's chief pharmacist no longer has a license to operate in the state of Tennessee. Also, there was a big selloff on Wall Street today by the closing bell stocks were at a seven-week low. Several companies in the Dow Industrials most notably Dupont announced worse than expected earnings raising fears of another global economic slowdown. It's something we'll need to watch closely tomorrow. And the folks at Apple unveiled some new gadgets today. Leading the way is a smaller thinner tablet named the iPad Mini. It's designed to compete with the new $199 tablets from Amazon and Google, but the least expensive version of the new iPad Mini will be selling for $329. It seems every time I need to get a new gadget, Wolf, it's already outdated.</s>BLITZER: It's already a mini, mini, mini. All right, thanks very much, Kate.
Expanded Warnings about Firm's Drugs; Stocks Close at Seven- Week Low