Daily Archives: August 17, 2010

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 ... Read More

“So, what causes a rollover?” That’s the question at the center of a new 17-minute instructional safety video produced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in cooperation with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and other ... Read More

Rose Kirby, 22, was vacuuming out her car when she felt a strange discomfort in her arm. Within an hour it turned into “a pink balloon,” she said. She passed it off as a bug bite or some sort of ... Read More

A recent study, funded by Merck Research Laboratories, a division of Merck & Company, which manufactures and markets the Gardasil vaccine, is touting the drug for use not only as protection against cervical cancer, but also to prevent genital warts ... Read More

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 ... Read More