News tagged with 'Safety'

While others were inside a Tampa church praying, a three-year-old child was left inside an SUV on Sunday. The investigation is ongoing, but it appears to be an accident...

Filing a slip and fall case in Florida was just made more difficult thanks to a new law promoted by retailers. Private attorneys are lining up to prepare a large reparations request for BP, and thanks to one whistle blower, we now have a better understanding how WellCare Health Plans defrauded the government.

After the Vioxx scandal, Congress approved a new law that forces the FDA to reveal post-approval safety information on new drugs and vaccines. Information on the first 26 drugs were posted this week.

The FDA needs to be remade from the bottom up says a new report from the Institute of Medicine, citing lapses in inspections, standards and authority.

Lifesoy Inc. of San Diego has agreed to a permanent injunction to stop operations after the FDA inspectors observed dirty conditions in violation of sanitation rules.

As part of a major investigation into the hazards of baby slings, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued another recall for a defective product, this time the Sprout Stuff Sling, associated with the death of a 10-day-old Texas boy.

37,000 traffic fatalities a year may represent an improvement over the statistics of the past, but various authorities opine on how we can make roads safer in this New York Times Opinion page.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is issueing a recall of 200,000 Simplicity cribs that have a metal frame that can bend or collapse trapping infants. Another recall has been issued for a drop side crib made by LaJobi.

Massey Energy used loopholes in the appeal process to keep its Big Branch mine open even though it had been cited 515 times last year and 124 times this year for safety violations, senators were told Tuesday. 29 miners died in an April 5 explosion there.

An Illinois State Trooper has received 30 months probation instead of prison time for the fatal crash of his patrol car into a car driven by two Illinois teen sisters. The family has just rested their civil case.

Improving patient safety may be a way for doctors to relieve the pressure of medical malpractice claims from injured patients, finds RAND Corporation research.

Abrasive silica materials can get into jet engines, melt and cause the engine to overheat. So far about 63,000 flights have been cancelled due to the eruptions from a volcanic glacier in Iceland.

The New York Times wins a Pulitzer prize on the horrors of a contaminated food consumed by Stephanie Smith - an E. coli hamburger. The reporting led to improvements in practice. Four other prize winners won for stories that chronicled safety and health.

With more travelers taking to motorcycles than in previous years, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that antilock brakes save lives.

Infantino LLC has agreed to a voluntary recall of one million soft baby slings after three recent reports of infant suffocation. You are asked to destroy the product and not put it in the resale market.