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Major oil spills in Arkansas, Texas, Utah receive little notice in the public eye
Have oil spills become so common in the U.S. that they are no longer considered news? The same week that ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline ruptured, spewing thousands of barrels of sticky bitumen sludge all over an Arkansas town, two other oil
Homeowners sue ExxonMobil over Arkansas oil spill damage
Despite ExxonMobil’s promises to clean up thousands of barrels of dense Canadian tar sands oil that flooded an Arkansas community, residents of the contaminated town have filed a class-action lawsuit against the oil giant.
Fungal meningitis outbreak victim files lawsuit against Nashville medical facility
Victims of the deadly meningitis outbreak tied to steroid shots mass produced by New England Compounding Center (NECC) and distributed to medical facilities across the country are now aiming their lawsuits at bigger fish than the pharmacy in question. To
FDA approves Tamiflu for young infants
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tamiflu for infants as young as two weeks who have flu symptoms, even though scientists in Europe are urging European governments to sue its maker because the drug company will not provide
Patients, consumers should be aware of potential risks with at-home medical devices
Patients and consumers are using medical devices more often at home and not just in health care facilities. These home-use medical devices were once designed only to keep a person alive, but now they’re designed to keep people as independent
Roche agrees to compromise with BMJ over Tamiflu safety, efficacy data
Pharmaceutical company Roche says it has agreed to talk to external groups about full access to data on its anti-flu medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir), a move prompted by criticism that the drug company had refused to release data on the safety
Scientists say no data to support Tamiflu’s flu-fighting claims
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is asking the European governments to sue drug company Roche, claiming there is no evidence that its antiviral medication Tamiflu is effective in stopping the disease.
Lawsuits mount against new, blockbuster blood thinner Pradaxa
Not long after Roy Heady switched from the blood thinner Coumadin (warfarin) to the newly approved Pradaxa, he suffered a hemorrhage. Now he is one of hundreds of patients suing the drug’s maker claiming the anticoagulant causes serious and sometimes
