Nobody likes having to pay an extra fee for their checked bag when flying. And no one is happy when an airline loses their luggage. So it is no wonder that a Danielle Covarrubias, a Seattle woman, is quite upset after American Airlines lost her luggage and then refused to refund her checked bag fee. [...]
A new clinical trial on the drug Avandia has been halted. The FDA is asking GlaxoSmithKline to halt the enrolment of new participants in its study until researchers can be brought up to speed on the controversial drug’s risks. Last week, an advisory committee for the FDA found that the drug Avandia, used to treat [...]
The advisory committee for the FDA made its recommendation on July 19, regarding the cancer drug Avastin. The committee has found that the new research submitted on the drug indicates it has no appreciable benefits to patients with breast cancer and should not be promoted to treat that particular type of the disease. The committee [...]
On July 14, the CPSC and Pottery Barn Kids, a division of Williams-Sonoma, Inc, announced a recall on drop side cribs. This voluntary recall will affect about 82,000 units sold by the company. Consumers are asked to immediately stop using the recalled product.
As with the other drop side cribs previously recalled by the CPSC, these cribs’ [...]
Thanks for the BOOST, Nestle.
The Federal Trade Commission has reached a proposed settlement with a subsidiary of Nestle over BOOST, its childrens’ nutritional drink. The FTC said that Nestle advertised that Boost Kid Essentials drink helps prevent upper respiratory tract infections in children, protects against colds and flu by boosting the immune system, reduced school [...]
Remember to hit the brakes…
New reports from “black boxes” inside Toyota vehicles suggest that driver error, not the vehicle, is the cause for many Toyota crashes in unintended acceleration cases. The government recently analyzed vehicle data and found that people had their foot down on the gas, not the brake at the time of the [...]
More bad news for Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit after they recalled more Tylenol as well as Motrin and Benadryl. According to the company, the new recall is tied to an ongoing recall stemming from the January 15 recall of over 53 million bottles of their products.
The recall began after consumers noticed a musty or [...]
More bad news for Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit after they recalled more Tylenol as well as Motrin and Benadryl. According to the company, the new recall is tied to an ongoing recall stemming from the January 15 recall of over 53 million bottles of their products.
The recall began after consumers noticed a musty or [...]
Step away from the chips and dip. Specifically, from the guacamole and salsa. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contaminated salsa and/or guacamole were to blame in nearly 1 out of every 25 restaurant foodborne illness outbreaks between 1998 and 2008.
According to MSNBC, some of this problem can be traced [...]
Step away from the chips and dip. Specifically, from the guacamole and salsa. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contaminated salsa and/or guacamole were to blame in nearly 1 out of every 25 restaurant foodborne illness outbreaks between 1998 and 2008.
According to MSNBC, some of this problem can be traced [...]