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November 13, 2019

Deaths of Three Infants Linked to Infected Breast Milk

Several new Pennsylvania parents awoke to their worst nightmare in September - their newborn infant died as the result of infected breast milk. In the story that is making headlines, parents learned from Pennsylvania hospital staff that their newborn babies...

October 31, 2019

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Pulls Xanax Tablets from Shelves

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of a batch of Xanax (alprazolam) tablets due to “the potential presence of a foreign substance.” The announcement came after the company learned a batch of the popular prescription anti-anxiety medication may...

October 28, 2019

Viatrexx Bio Issues Voluntary Recall of Injectables

Last week, Viatrexx Bio became the latest company to issue a voluntary recall of their sterile injectables due to “a lack of sterility assurance.” On October 15, 2019, Viatrexx Bio Incorporated in Neward, Delaware, announced they would be recalling 10...

October 24, 2019

The Kansas Town Where Medical Debt Collectors Are in Charge of Arrests

Last week, the nonprofit newsroom, ProPublica, published an investigative report they’d conducted on medical debt collection corruption in Coffeyville, Kansas. In the story, readers learned that the state’s poor, sick people are being arrested and sent to jail when they...

October 21, 2019

Hormone Therapy the Latest Trend Putting Patients in Danger

There are a seemingly endless number of products and services on the market today that claim to provide patients with a myriad of desired results. From younger-looking skin to energy, many of the clinics offering these services are doing more...

September 26, 2019

The Dangerous Peanut-Allergy Drug Under FDA Review

Food allergies plague millions of people all across the world. In just the United States, 32 million people have a food allergy with 5.6 million of them being children under the age of 18. The most common food allergy is...

September 17, 2019

Report: The Drug Industry’s Plans To Defeat Dea

A detailed report by The Washington Post indicates that they have obtained unsealed documents showing how big drug companies stood up to the DEA. At the center of the report is the opioid epidemic in the United States, which has...

September 6, 2019

Newly Released Federal Data Shines Light On Opioid Epidemic

In July 2019, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster lifted the protective order from part of the Automation of Reports and Consolidated Order System, also known as ARCOS. This database has allowed the public all across the country the opportunity to...

June 7, 2019

Hospitals in Pursuit of Increased Revenue Pay Doctors Large Kickbacks

The main goal of a hospital should be to provide health services and care for their patients to have their medical emergencies taken care of effectively. However, there are some hospitals throughout the country that seem fixated on increasing their...

May 31, 2019

These Medical Mistakes Led the Pack in 2018

More than 250,000 people die every year in the U.S. from medical errors Medical errors continue to be a problem in the United States. This not only includes doctor errors, but surgical mistakes, wrong dosage, and prescription errors as well. Anytime...

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