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A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found the annual cost of medical care and productivity losses associated with motor vehicle crash injuries exceeds $99 billion per year in the United States, with direct medical care accounting for $17 billion. Despite great improvements in traffic safety in recent years, the costs related to traffic accidents amount to about $500 per licensed driver in the U.S.
Miami, Florida company E.N. Range Inc. has been slapped with more than $2 million in penalties for willfully exposing its employees to lead and for other violations that seriously threaten the health and safety of company workers.
SeaWorld has been hit with a $75,000 fine by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three safety violations following the death of one of its senior trainers in February. One of the violations is classified as willful – OSHA’s most serious civil penalty.
Eli Lilly & Co. is halting the development of semagacestat, an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, because two late-stage studies showed the drug may have worsened the condition in patients and increased their risk of skin cancer.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to withdraw its approval of midodrine hydrochloride, a medication used to treat the low blood pressure condition orthostatic hypotension, because post-approval studies that verify the clinical benefit of the drug have not been done. This is the first time the agency has issued a withdraw proposal for a drug approved under the FDA’s accelerated approval regulations.
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to permanently shut down a Brooklyn, New York-based maker of ready-to-eat deli salads, seafood, and cream cheeses. Food and Drug Administration inspectors say that NY Gourmet Salads Inc. has a history of serious non-compliance with federal food safety standards and the presence of potentially deadly bacteria in its processing facilities and foods.
It seems China can’t stop producing tainted products. This time, pediatricians in the central province of Hubei are expressing concern over premature development of breasts in three infant girls, and are suggesting that milk powder manufactured by Synutra International is the culprit. The infants who were affected had levels of estradiol and prolactin, hormones that stimulate the production of breast milk, that were as high as those in adult women. One father in Beijing said his daughter not only had grown breasts but was also releasing vaginal discharge.
Responding to a sharp increase in the number of illnesses linked to contaminated eggs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has introduced tougher safety requirements for large-scale egg producers. The agency says that the new rules can eliminate nearly 80,000 illnesses and save 30 lives every year. The measures target the spread of Salmonella Enteritidis bacteria throughout egg producing facilities. The salmonella bacteria frequently contaminate eggs and the products in which they are used.
Lamictal (lamotrigine), a medication commonly used for seizures in children 2 years old and older, and bipolar disorder in adults, can cause aseptic meningitis, according to a Drug Safety Communication issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The warning will be added to the drug’s Warnings and Precautions section of the drug safety label as well as the patient Medication Guide.
The H1N1 pandemic is over, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced this week. The strain of influenza killed about 18,500 worldwide since it emerged during the spring of 2009, and spurred a flurry of mass vaccination programs. The organization warns that the announcement doesn’t mean the H1N1 virus has gone away. Rather, it is expected to take on the behavior of a seasonal flu virus and circulate primarily during the winter months over the next several years. During the pandemic, the H1N1 virus spread into other seasons, dominating other seasonal influenza viruses.
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