Huge Recall of Frozen Fruits and Vegetables After Listeria Outbreak
An outbreak of a life-threatening illness that has been linked to foods packaged by a processing plant in Washington State has prompted a large-scale voluntary recall of frozen fruits and vegetables marketed under 42 brand names.
The scale of the recall reflects the severity of the outbreak...
NAACP sues Michigan officials over Flint water crisis
Another big name has surfaced in the tsunami of Flint water lawsuits: the NAACP, which is suing several state officials and two engineering firms, alleging they poisoned a city with toxic drinking water by failing to detect that something was wrong, pretending a problem didn't exist and ignoring numerous red flags.
"Just the color of Flint's water should have led any reasonable...
Next cyberattack front could be your car
For the many folks concerned about cyberthieves hacking emails and stealing personal information from online accounts, here comes another worry:
A cyberattack on your car – while you’re driving.
That’s one of the threats outlined in a report on “Vehicle Cybersecurity” by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The computerized gadgets that make late-model cars safer and...
Human Birth Defects Seen With Pregabalin
Taking pregabalin (Lyrica) during pregnancy may be associated with a higher risk of major birth defects, researchers found.
In a prospective, nonrandomized study, women who took pregabalin while pregnant were more likely to have babies with major birth defects (6.0%) compared with women who did not take the drug (2.1%; odds ratio 3.0, P=0.03), Ursula...
NHTSA extends oversight of GM safety efforts
DETROIT -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is extending its oversight of General Motors' safety practices for another year as part of a sweeping consent order signed in 2014 when the company issued a broad recall of cars for faulty ignition switches.
Paul Hemmersbaugh, chief counsel at NHTSA, said Tuesday that the agency unilaterally...
Potatoes Tied to High Blood Pressure Risk
Eating potatoes four or more times a week may increase the risk for high blood pressure, a large new study has found.
Researchers pooled results from three observational studies involving 187,453 men and women followed for more than 25 years. The participants returned health and diet questionnaires every two years, including whether a...
Opioid-Related Overdoses And Deaths Are On The Rise In The ICU: Study
New research presented this week at the American Thoracic Society’s annual meeting suggests that the ongoing opioid crisis is making waves across the country’s intensive care units (ICU) every bit as much as it is inside people’s homes.
The authors analyzed hospital admissions from 2011 to 2015 for adults over the age of 18 in...
Divided NTSB agrees to blame engineer for fatal Amtrak wreck
National Transportation Safety Board members clashed Tuesday over what caused last year’s fatal Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia, before the split body pinned blame on the speeding engineer.
The board voted, 3-1, in finding that Train 188 crashed because the operator failed to notice his speed had reached 106 mph, hitting a 50 mph curve just...
The Lessons of the Philadelphia Amtrak Accident
A National Transportation Safety Board report about an Amtrak train accident last year in Philadelphia that killed eight people highlights the need for railroads to move faster to install a life-saving technology that the safety board first recommended decades ago.
Amtrak’s Northeast Regional Train No. 188 derailed on May 12, 2015 because it...
Takata declares nearly 14 mln U.S. air bag inflators defective
Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp on Monday filed reports with U.S. auto safety regulators declaring nearly 14 million air bag inflators defective.
Earlier this month, Takata said it would expand recalls for defective air bag inflators by 35 million to 40 million in several tranches through 2019, adding to the 28.8 million recalled before...
