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FDA Throws Cold Water on Whole Body Cryotherapy
FRIDAY, March 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- There's no evidence that a growing trend called whole body cryotherapy is effective, but it does pose a number of risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
In whole body cryotherapy, people are placed in an enclosed space and exposed to vapors that reach...
Ford issues new recall for Takata airbags — unrelated to ongoing recalls
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. on Thursday issued a safety recall for nearly 32,000 vehicles with faulty Takata airbag modules, a problem unrelated to the exploding Takata airbag inflators that prompted massive recalls across the industry.
The automaker said certain driver frontal airbag cushions installed in the vehicles may not inflate as intended. The issue...
Valhalla crash: Traffic lights a possible factor, NTSB docs say
A faulty traffic control system might have led vehicles to back up at a Metro-North crossing in Valhalla in February 2015, contributing to a crash that killed the driver of an SUV who had pulled onto the tracks and five train passengers.
Nestled in the 1,000-plus pages of documents released by the National Transportation Safety...
NECC: CDC shows brain destruction caused by fungus
BOSTON - A physician from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vividly described the extensive damage to the brains and spinal columns of patients who were victims of the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.
Testifying in U.S. District Court Thursday, Dr. Sherif Zaki showed four slides for each of 17 victims describing how the...
CDC, states investigating foodborne sources in E. coli outbreak
A multi-state cluster of at least 10 people infected with E. coli bacteria has been identified and public health officials are interviewing victims about possible foodborne sources.
As of this afternoon, patients had been identified in four states, said a spokeswoman with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Juno ends development of high-profile leukemia drug after deaths
Juno Therapeutics Inc on Wednesday said it decided to shut down development of an experimental leukemia treatment from a highly promising new class of immunotherapy following an investigation into toxicity that led to a handful of patient deaths.
The drug, JCAR015, uses a technology known as CAR-T being pursued by other companies as well. CAR-T...
What’s Happening With the Takata Airbag Recall?
Takata has finally pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
But what about the millions of U.S. consumers still waiting to replace or fix the potentially deadly Takata airbags?
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Pfizer Gets FDA Warning Over Contaminated Drugs at Hospira Plant
Pfizer Inc. received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after inspectors found “significant violations” at a manufacturing plant for drugs made by its Hospira unit.
The inspection, conducted over about three weeks in May and June last year at a McPherson, Kansas, drug plant, found “significant violations of current good manufacturing...
Takata Pleads Guilty In Air Bag Scheme, Will Pay $1 Billion In Penalties
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, and agreed to pay $1 billion for concealing a defect in millions of its air bag inflators.
The decision played out in a federal courtroom in Detroit on Monday, following a deal with the U.S. Justice Department.
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