A USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) investigation of two Nebraska processing plants has revealed E. coli contamination occurred because some production was taking place under…
Kroger to Expand Ground Beef Recall to 20 States Don’t be so quick to take a bite out of that holiday hamburger! Kroger has expanded its voluntary recall of some of its ground beef products to its…
Botox has been linked to a number of hospitalizations and deaths this year. Of those deaths, four of the victims have been children. In addition to this, 87 people were hospitalized. Botox and…
Two separate deaths have risen more than a few eyebrows about the responsibilities of healthcare systems. Recently, a video was released of a woman dying on the floor of an emergency psychiatric…
More than 59,000 people have registered for the Vioxx settlement and it looks like plaintiffs will begin to see initial payments soon. Vioxx was approved for use in 1999 and eventually reached…
The Texas Department of State Health Services says that the number of salmonella cases linked to tomatoes in Texas since mid-April has increased to 330. Originally, the outbreaks were occurring…
A recall has been issued for about 320,000 cribs, after four children became trapped. Apparently the wooden slats on the crib’s frames can break and children can get trapped in the remaining gap….
Chantix, the popular smoking-cessation drug, has been taking quite a bit of heat over the past 6 months and it doesn’t appear that things will let up any time soon. This week a letter will be…
Atmos Energy crews will resume construction today in McKinney after an explosion left three homes devastated and three people injured. Last month workers accidentally struck a gas line. Monday,…
A wall collapse at a construction site on the Rice University campus has left one worker dead and seven others injured. The collapse happened at around 4 p.m. Five workers were trapped when some…
Chantix is getting even more bad press lately. Earlier this month, I blogged about a man who went missing and the potential part Chantix may have played in the event. Now there are reports that the…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just released a requirement for manufacturers of the older class of antipsychotic drugs to make changes to their labeling. According to the FDA, these…
