More Than 200 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears
A company has recalled more than 200 million eggs after an outbreak of salmonella was traced to one of its farms in North Carolina.
The federal Food and Drug Administration reported Friday that eggs from the affected farm were distributed to nine states — Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,...
E. Coli Linked to Chopped Romaine Lettuce Infects People in 11 States
Nearly three dozen people have been infected in an E. coli outbreak linked to chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Ariz., region, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
The agency said that it had not yet identified a grower, supplier, distributor or brand common to the 35 cases of infection across...
Your hospital bed is probably full of deadly germs
Danger lurks for hospital patients in a place they probably don’t expect it — their bed.
Hospitals claim to disinfect beds in between patients. Don’t believe it. Data from four New York hospitals prove beds are full of germs. Patients are nearly six times as likely to come down with staph, strep or another dangerous...
Acadia Hits 4-Year Low After CNN Reports Concerns on Key Drug
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares tumbled to their lowest level in four years after a CNN report raised questions about whether its lead treatment played a role in the deaths of already sick and elderly patients.
CNN cited an analysis by a nonprofit health-care organization that found 244 deaths involving patients on Nuplazid, which treats hallucinations...
FDA restricts sale of Essure contraceptive device, requires that women be informed of risks
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it is restricting the sale and distribution of Essure, a controversial contraceptive device that some patient advocates want taken off the market. Only health-care providers and facilities that guarantee women have been told about the device's risks in advance will be allowed to implant it.
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Gov’t: Goodyear Tires May Have Caused 95 Deaths or Injuries
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's road safety agency says it has received allegations that defective Goodyear motor-home tires caused crashes that killed or injured 95 people during the past two decades.
The allegations were revealed in an information-seeking letter dated Tuesday that was sent to Goodyear by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The...
Health officials are sounding an alarm on the drug gabapentin. And it’s not even an opioid.
It’s fast becoming the go-to drug for addicts in search of a stronger high — and it is not even an opioid.
Gabapentin, a purportedly nonaddictive painkiller primarily used to treat shingles and control seizures, has landed on the radar of beleaguered health officials and law enforcement already battling the deadly opioid epidemic that has...
Uber reaches settlement with family of victim killed after being struck by one of its self-driving vehicles
The family of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, who was killed earlier this month when she was hit by one of Uber’s self-driving vehicles in Tempe, Ariz., has reached a settlement with the ride-hailing giant, an attorney for the family said Thursday.
The terms of the settlement, less than two weeks after the fatal crash, were unknown,...
U.S. jury orders AbbVie to pay $3 million in AndroGel retrial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday ordered AbbVie Inc to pay more than $3 million to a man who claimed the company misrepresented the risks of its testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, causing him to suffer a heart attack, though the jury did not find AbbVie strictly liable.
The verdict in federal court...
UnitedHealth seeks damages from U.S. in $1 billion Medicare case
UnitedHealth Group Inc has moved to seek damages from the U.S. government after a federal judge dismissed part of a lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department claiming the insurer obtained more than $1 billion from Medicare based on inaccurate information.
UnitedHealth on Friday filed a counterclaim in federal court in Los Angeles, contending that the...
