McDonald’s tainted salad toll climbs, but CEO credits chain’s quick reaction
The number of people who have become sick from eating McDonald's salads has grown dramatically in the latest count from health officials.
The number of illnesses linked to Cyclospora-tainted greens from the chain has risen to 286 in 15 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. Eleven of them were hospitalized.
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Negligence Suit Against Abbott/St. Jude
There's never really a good place to have a medical emergency, but sitting on an airplane is certainly far from ideal, as Kristen Bull knows all too well.
Bull was on an airplane on the tarmac at a South Carolina airport in October 2015 when her implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) malfunctioned and fired six...
Surgeons who behave badly are more likely to face malpractice claims
A Harvard study found surgeons who behave badly — by yelling, snapping, intimidating or talking down to colleagues — are associated with more medical malpractice claims.
Researchers merged assessments of surgeon behavior from peers, supervisors, trainers, co-workers and others — a 360-degree review — with malpractice history for surgeons from four academic medical centers. They...
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Despite progress installing auto-braking equipment, 13 railroads face possible fines for failing to meet Federal Railroad Administration deadlines.
The agency threatened the railroads with $27,904 fines each for failing to meet milestones for installing the braking equipment and acquiring radio spectrum needed for it to work. The fines are part of an enforcement effort...
Medtronic agrees to pay $43M to settle investor lawsuit
Medical device maker Medtronic has agreed to pay investors $43 million in a proposed class-action legal settlement that would resolve one of the last remaining lawsuits dogging the company’s bone-growth product Infuse.
The institutional investors who sued Medtronic alleged that the company secretly paid spine surgeons to conceal Infuse adverse events and side effects and...
Chinese pharma firm recalls heart drug in U.S. after possible impurity
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese bulk manufacturer of the common blood and heart drug valsartan said it was recalling the product from consumers in the United States and would halt supplies to the country, after an impurity linked to cancer had been detected.
Earlier this week, European regulators said the problem likely dates to changes...
Women who sued J&J declare victory after $4.69 billion talc verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who claimed her cancer was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for decades said she believes justice was served after a jury found the company should pay her and 21 other women $4.69 billion in damages.
A St. Louis jury on July 12 concluded that J&J’s talc-based...
Suffolk judge rules counties’ suit against opioid makers can go forward
A Suffolk judge ruled this week that opioid manufacturers and distributors have shown no reason why dozens of suits against them by counties and municipalities from across New York State should be dismissed.
Similar suits from around the state, including those filed by Nassau and Suffolk counties, were consolidated into one action before state Supreme...
Las Vegas shooting survivor says MGM lawsuit is like ‘bullets flying at my head’
Survivors of the worst mass shooting in modern American history feel they are again in the line of fire.
MGM Resorts International took aim at more than 1,000 victims in a pair of lawsuits filed this month in its bid to avoid all liability for the deadly Las Vegas Massacre last October.
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Blood Pressure Medicine Is Recalled
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a voluntary recall of a widely prescribed blood pressure medication made in China, reviving fears about the safety of imported drugs.
Three companies that sell the generic drug, valsartan, in the United States agreed to recall it after the F.D.A. said it might be tainted by N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA),...
