June, 2009FDA Gives Thumbs Down to New Glaxo Nausea Drug
The Food and Drug Administration is so far refusing to approve a new GlaxoSmithKline Plc drug designed for patients who experience nausea after undergoing cancer treatments or during recovery from surgery.
Continue →Millions of Americans Are Breathing Toxic Air, EPA Says
As many as 2.2 million people in the United States are at much greater risk of developing cancer as a result of breathing air that is polluted with toxic chemicals, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
Continue →Another Lawsuit Filed Over Tainted Toll House Cookie Dough
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a Colorado child who fell gravely ill and had to be hospitalized after eating raw Toll House cookie dough that is suspected of carrying a strain of E. coli bacteria.
Continue →LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for June 24, 2009
An $80 million settlement is reached with the families of those who died in a bus fire while fleeing from Hurricane Rita, and, a major retailer appeals a punitive damages award against it for defamation. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Discovery, Personal Injury and Punitive Damages Reports. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
Practice Fourth of July Firework Safety, Experts Warn
The Fourth of July is next weekend and millions of patriotic Americans are set to celebrate the nation’s birthday with plenty of apple pie, barbecue, and fireworks. However, consumer safety officials are already warning about the risks of serious burns and other injuries caused by the use of common types of fireworks.
Continue →Researchers Working on Test for Childhood Appendicitis
Medical researchers in Boston reportedly are working on developing a test to detect a newly identified chemical in the urine and allow doctors to better diagnose appendicitis in children.
Continue →Pistachios Still a Real Food Poisoning Risk, FDA Warns
Remember pistachios, those green little nuts used in everything from trail mix to ice cream that earlier this year were linked to a widespread outbreak of salmonella? Well, they’ve long faded from the news headlines, but they’re still a danger to cause severe, even deadly food poisoning, food-safety experts are warning.
Continue →Hearing Set to Explore Botched VA Prostate Cancer Treatments
Congressional leaders plan to hold a hearing next week to further investigate reports of serious errors committed during prostate cancer treatments at a Philadelphia-area Veterans Affairs hospital.
Continue →Woman Sues Nestle for Toll House Cookie Dough Food Poisoning
A Northern California woman is suing Nestle USA for food poisoning she says she developed after eating Toll House cookie dough that was contaminated with E. coli, a potentially deadly strain of bacteria.
Continue →Tyson Foods Fined $500,000 for Worker Death
Tyson Foods must pay a $500,000 fine for willfully violating worker safety rules and releasing toxic fumes from machinery that killed one employee.
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