‘Do not eat this cereal’: CDC issues blunt warning about Honey Smacks as outbreak grows to 100
A salmonella outbreak linked to a popular Kellogg's cereal has infected 100 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
The agency is urging consumers to avoid Honey Smacks, a sugary puffed wheat cereal which has been the subject of a recall by the company since mid-June. At least 30 of the 100...
Pain patients beg FDA for more options, easier access to opioids
SILVER SPRING, Md. — One pain patient lay on the floor. Another leaned against the wall, easing her back. A third paced to and fro.
At this week’s Food and Drug Administration hearing on chronic pain, accommodations were at the forefront.
And the agency says it wants to be accommodating in other ways as it tackles...
Cybersecurity upgrades eyed for 740,000 St. Jude-made defibrillators
Hundreds of thousands of implantable heart defibrillators made by Minnesota’s St. Jude Medical are getting cybersecurity software updates, while older versions of the devices may have their wireless communication systems disabled because they can’t accept the update.
A series of 11 recent recall notices said that roughly 740,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resychronization...
Amtrak Rail Cars in Fatal Crash Had U.S. Waiver to Safety Rules
The passenger rail cars on an Amtrak train that derailed near Seattle last December, killing three people, were allowed by federal regulators to stay in service even though they didn’t meet current crash-protection standards, federal investigators said Tuesday.
The Talgo Inc. cars had to be specially modified to make them sturdier in a collision, but...
‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years
ITHACA, N.Y. — Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequate.
The records for the first time reveal frequent and significant fluctuations in day-to-day staffing, with particularly...
How FDA’s recall system fails consumers
HOW FDA’S RECALL SYSTEM FAILS CONSUMERS: As the FDA prepares to update its food-recall system, your host spent the past several months speaking to the many victims who fell ill from E. coli after eating soy-nut butter.
The product — I.M. Healthy Original Creamy SoyNut Butter — was a favorite for people with food allergies...
UH denies liability for loss of eggs, embryos at fertility clinic
CLEVELAND, Ohio - University Hospitals, in an answer to lawsuits, has denied liability for the loss of 4,000 eggs and embryos at its fertility center at the Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood in March.
In documents filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, hospital attorneys said families signed consent forms that detailed the risks involved...
After Philly crash, railroads got more time to install a key safety system. Three years later, some still lag behind
After Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia on May 12, 2015, national safety experts said the accident that killed eight and injured hundreds could have been prevented with a safety fix Congress had mandated in 2008: Positive Train Control.
Railroads were supposed to have the system, which automatically controls train speeds to prevent accidents, in...
Drugmakers defy Trump’s call to drop prices
President Donald Trump in May said that drugmakers would soon announce “massive” price cuts, and his administration rolled out a plan to bring down the cost of medicines. But the companies don’t appear to have gotten that message.
Bayer raised the price of two cancer drugs by hundreds of dollars in May and Novartis followed...
Advocacy Group Seeks Ford Explorer Recall Due to Fumes
DETROIT (AP) — A nonprofit auto safety advocacy group is asking Ford to recall 1.35 million Explorer SUVs due to continued complaints of exhaust fumes in the passenger compartments.
The Center for Auto Safety says it found 44 complaints in a government database about fumes and potential carbon monoxide after owners had taken Explorers in...
