Whole Foods Recalls Vulto Cheese for Listeria After 2 Deaths
Two people died and 4 others had severe Listeria infections from eating Vulto Creamery raw milk cheese. Whole Foods recalled the cheese from 9 stores on the East Coast.
Alabama Man Files Recovery® IVC Filter Lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed by man from Alabama who was injured by an intravenous blood clot filter that fractures in approximately 40% of patients within 5.5 years. The filter was approved in 2003 and withdrawn in 2005, but never...
Vaccine to Prevent Hepatitis C Possible by Exposing Virus to Attack
Manipulating a protein of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a way that exposes it to a direct attack by the immune system may help lead to a preventative vaccine, according to a new study.
Washington Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
It is dangerous to implant a metal filter in the inferior vena cava (IVC) because the filter's needle-like wire legs can snap off, travel in the bloodstream, puncture the heart, or cause sudden death.
Sears Craftsman Table Saws Recalled
Around 46,000 Craftsman portable 10" table saws were recalled because the stand can collapse unexpectedly. Nine people suffered hand injuries, broken bones, shoulder strains, or amputations.
Hand Sanitizers are Poisoning Thousands of Children: CDC Warning
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that thousands of kids in the U.S. have gotten seriously ill from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
Zostavax Vaccine Can Be Deadly in Sick Patients
After a person who got the vaccine died, health officials in Australia remind doctors not to give Merck's shingles vaccine Zostavax to patients who are sick or on medications that weaken the immune system.
Nebraska Woman Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
C.R. Bard is facing around 1,500 lawsuits over Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters. Many involve Bard's 1st or 2nd-generation filters, which studies estimate fracture in 40% of patients within just 5 years.
Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Tyson Chicken Supplier
More than 70,000 chickens have been destroyed at a farm in Tennessee that supplies Tyson Foods in response to an outbreak of lethal avian influenza.
Alabama Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
IVC filters are supposed to prevent deadly blood clots in the lungs. Instead, they often cause deadly side effects, especially when "short-term" filters are left implanted permanently. Some of the most problematic filters were pulled off the market without recalls...