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Hawaii lawmakers are pushing for a law that would require state residents who own handguns to have their information entered into a database maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI database would then be updated anytime a resident of Hawaii was arrested in another state. When a person in the database is arrested, law enforcement agencies that…

Mercedes-Benz has issued a massive recall of motor vehicles in connection with the larger Takata airbag recall. Takata Corporation, the Japan-based automotive parts company, previously announced that it will be recalling as many as 40 million airbag inflators due to a manufacturing defect that causes serious risk of injury or death in the event of a car accident. The product…

US health officials are growingly increasingly worried about abuse of prescription painkillers because some drug addicts are getting creative in the ways they seek out drugs. Approximately 52 million people over the age of 12 have reported using prescription narcotics at some point in their lives, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a federal government research institute dedicated…

CRF Frozen Foods, a major distributor of frozen foods in the United States and Canada, has issued a massive recall of dangerous food products after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found several issues during an inspection of the company’s processing plant. In recent weeks, several retailers had to issue recalls of CRF frozen food items because of an…

A new study has revealed that preventable medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the US. The study was recently published in BMJ, an extremely influential medical journal. Researchers behind the study analyzed hospital data from 2013 and learned that more than 250,000 people died as a result of preventable mistakes at U.S. hospitals. This figure tops the…

When law enforcement investigated the death scene at Prince’s Minnesota residence, they reportedly found the musical superstar with prescription painkillers both on his person and in his home. According to authorities, Prince was found unresponsive by emergency medical responders after someone saw that he had passed out in an elevator at his Paisley Park MN compound and was no longer…

Five New Jersey hospitals have received straight A’s in an annual report card on hospital safety standards across the U.S. Leapfrog, a group that promotes improvements in the safety of health care by providing consumers with data to help them make more informed hospital choices, recently released its annual survey that assesses hospital safety, quality and efficiency for more than…

The Takata Corporation, an automotive parts company based out of Japan, could soon be forced to recall as many as 85 million motor vehicles currently being driven on U.S. roadways. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the air bag inflators used in those cars and trucks are potentially defective. At this time, 28.8 million air bag inflators…

The U.S. Justice Department recently released a letter that asks state governors to change policies on granting state-issued IDs to federal inmates who’ve served their sentences and are headed back to their local communities. The federal criminal investigation and enforcement agency is calling on governors to make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state IDs by allowing them to…

While many opponents of state laws that legalize marijuana have pointed to data showing an increase in hospital visits in these states, new research indicates that the use of medical marijuana may be effective at treating addictions to prescription painkillers and heroin. Despite the conflicting research on marijuana, many people, including some lawmakers, are make a strong push to get…