General Motors (GM) recently announced that it will be issuing a product recall of approximately 308,000 vehicles due to an air bag inflator issue in the cars. The problem is that the vehicle air bags may not inflate properly during a serious car accident, resulting in significant injuries to vehicle passengers and drivers. The global …
PF Chang’s recently announced a major recall of its line of frozen food products after the subsidiary company discovered that some packages might contain metal shards. The product recall was issued by ConAgra Foods, the Chicago-based packaged foods company that makes and sells products under several different brand names, including PF Chang’s, Marie Callender’s, Healthy …
Whole Foods, the popular chain of healthy grocery stores in the United States, recently had to deal with a major health issue after federal inspectors found that the corporation’s Massachusetts plant committed “serious violations.†These kinds of prepared foods have become increasingly popular among consumers on the go, as more and more people simply don’t …
More than 3,000 people in the US die every year from choking, with many of these choking deaths affecting children who are not being properly monitored as they eat. Additionally, choking deaths are also an issue for seniors who live in nursing homes and don’t receive proper care from staff as they consume food. In …
The mother of a young boy in Colorado is blaming a pharmacy for her son’s death and bringing allegations of medical malpractice. Caroline Steinbrecher said that her son, eight-year-old Jake Steinbrecher, received medication for his attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, instead of getting his normal dosage of 0.03mg from the pharmacy, the kid got a 30mg …
The father of the two-year-old boy who was tragically killed after being dragged off by an alligator at Disney World says that there were two gators involved in that attack. Matt Graves, a Nebraska man, was at the Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World with his family, which included his wife, his two-year-old son, and …
For the first time in a decade, the death rate in the United States has gone up. One of the major reasons for the rise has alarmed health experts and state lawmakers across the country: drug overdoses. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examined data from the National Center for Health Statistics …
Ikea, the Swedish furniture company known throughout the world, announced that it will be recalling more than 27 million dressers due to serious safety risks posed by the furniture item. Moreover, the product recall will be followed by a discontinuation of the furniture as an item being produced by Ikea. The product line is known …
A recent report indicates that up to 20 percent of all people who die as a result of trauma in United States emergency rooms and hospitals could potentially be saved by better medical treatment and/or quicker access to high-quality medical treatment. The report was conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) …
