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Another compounding pharmacy recalls all products after contaminant found in several drug compounds
Once again, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ordering the recall of all sterile products manufactured by a compounding pharmacy, this time because visible particles were seen floating in several different compounds. The FDA says the potential health risks
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
Helicopter crash in Peru kills seven, including five Americans
Investigators are trying to discover what caused an American owned helicopter to crash into the Peruvian jungle Monday just minutes after it took off an airport in the country’s southern region, killing all seven people aboard, including five Americans.
NHTSA’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Campaign Targets Drunk Drivers During The Holiday Season
The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood recently joined with local law enforcement officers, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the Governors Highway Safety Association to begin their annual holiday
Plaintiffs still waiting for compensation as four-year anniversary of massive coal ash spill approaches
Four years ago this month, a ruptured coal ash pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) fossil fuel plant in east Tennessee created one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history when it spilled more than a billion gallons
Fungal meningitis outbreak could have been much worse if not for fast-acting health officials
Dr. Rachel Smith was immediately concerned when she got a call last September from the Tennessee Department of Public Health informing her that a patient at a pain clinic there had a very rare type of fungal meningitis. A fungal
Alabama man says he suffered fungal infection from other meds made by NECC
Bret Moody says he developed fungal meningitis after receiving medication from the compounding pharmacy at the center of the deadly multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak, however health officials are not listing him among the 510 people infected by contaminated meds.
Tennessee authorities identify who is most at risk in fungal meningitis outbreak
Tennessee State health officials say that individuals most at risk for developing rare fungal meningitis from contaminated steroid shots are women at least 60 years old, those who received multiple epidural injections, and those who were treated with vials of
