The number of child heatstroke vehicular deaths (hot car deaths), which has increased almost every year since 1998, hit an all-time high in 2018 and again in 2019. Infants are…
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We see this word quite a bit, usually in connection with food safety recalls, such as milk products and processed meat. Listeria is an unusually hardy form of bacteria. It…
Many car accidents are minor, involving minimal property damage, and hopefully no one is seriously hurt. However, the physical, emotional and financial impacts of a serious accident can have long…
The scientific name for mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). This disease primarily affects cattle, but an offshoot of this condition called variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) also affects…
Between the global SARS outbreak in 2009 and the global coronavirus outbreak in 2020, there was a severe ebola virus outbreak that began in West Africa and spread to…
Lucky Charms Lawsuit After the consumer protection website iwaspoisoned.com reported over 3,000 customers becoming sick from Lucky Charms, the Food and Drug Administration is reportedly reviewing consumer complaints and opening…
Even as the shortage of baby formula on store shelves creates controversy and concern, another issue related to baby formula is even more pressing: the role baby formulas play…
When a pharmaceutical company discovers a new medication, it receives a patent that lasts for 20 years from the drug’s invention. During that time, the company has the exclusive…
Update on mysterious child hepatitis outbreak As the BBC reported, investigations into why many children worldwide have been experiencing serious but rare hepatitis cases seems to have found a cause….
In the last few years, New York State has passed two laws to expand the statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes. The first was the Child Victims Act, passed…









