Category: Breaking News

Calphalon Knife Recall

Knives Recalled Over Laceration Hazard Linked to Dozens of Injuries

Calphalon is recalling about two million cutlery sets after dozens of people reported suffering injuries when their knives broke.

/ February 22, 2017

Parents Say Over-The-Counter Laxative Harming Children

Parents across the U.S. are voicing concerns that side effects of the laxative powder MiraLAX may be causing severe mental health problems in their children.

/ February 17, 2017
Colby Cheese Recall

Colby Cheeses Recalled Over Listeria Contamination

Yet another brand of cheese has fallen victim to the ongoing listeria outbreak: an Ohio company is recalling a dozen types of Colby cheese products over potential contamination with the deadly foodborne bacterium.

/ February 16, 2017

Sargento Cheese Recalled Over Listeria Fears

Sargento Foods Inc. is recalling a specialty cheese because of potential contamination with the bacterium listeria monocytogenes, the third leading cause of death from food poisoning illness in the U.S.

/ February 13, 2017
Brown Rice

Cooking Rice This Way Could Kill You

Scientists are warning that a common method of cooking rice can expose you to a range of serious health problems including heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes.

/ February 10, 2017

Copenhagen Snuff, Skoal Chewing Tobacco Recalled for Sharp Metal Fragments

If you chew tobacco, you might want to think twice before taking that next dip. U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. (USSTC) is recalling dozens of products after consumers found sharp metal objects in some cans.

/ February 8, 2017

CDC Issues Bird Flu Travel Warning

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a new travel warning about a strain of bird flu that has been linked to nearly 100 deaths in China over the past four years.

/ January 27, 2017

Sierra Nevada Recalls Beer for Defect that Could Cause Drinkers to Swallow Broken Glass

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., the nation's third-largest craft beer brewer, is recalling 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPA's and other beers amid reports of a packaging defect that could cause glass to chip and fall back into the bottle.

/ January 25, 2017

Did Russian Hackers Help Donald Trump Become President?

A U.S. intelligence report has concluded that Vladimir Putin and the Russian Kremlin ordered the hacks of the Democratic National Committee in an attempt to undermine American democracy and influence the Presidential Election in favor of Donald Trump.

/ January 9, 2017

Cuisinart Recalls 8 Million Food Processors Amid Reports of Tooth Injuries, Mouth Laceration

Conair has issued a massive recall for 22 models of Cuisinart food processors after receiving at least 69 reports of consumers finding broken pieces of the blade in their processed food, including 30 reports of mouth laceration and tooth injuries.

/ December 14, 2016