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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Fisher-Price, a major U.S. manufacturer of toys for infants and children, recently issued a recall of infant cradle swings. The recall was necessitated by the discovery that the swings pose a risk of fall-related accidents for children who use the products. The company, which is based out of East Aurora, New York, received reports of …
