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Richard Din

Family launches $20M lawsuit over S.F. researcher’s death

The family of the researcher who died last year after being exposed to bacteria at the San Francisco Veterans Memorial Hospital is seeking damages in excess of $20 million. Richard Din, a 25-year-old employee of the Northern California Institute for Research and Education, contracted the rare Neisseria meningitidis in April 2012 while working to develop a vaccine for the strand of the disease. Read More

Facility where researcher died closes as probes launched

A laboratory at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been shut down after the weekend death of a researcher, which was apparently caused by deadly bacteria he was working with, a VA official said Thursday. Read More
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