Although it has been over a year since the explosion at the West Fertilizer Company killed 15, new reports on the tragedy are still surfacing. In the first official public health report, county officials have indicated that injuries were more severe than previously known. The report also suggests that many injuries may have been missed…

St. Jude’s ultra-thin defibrillator wires are part of a new recall for heart patients. On January 13, St. Jude Medical Inc. issued a recall of the wire that is used to secure a device designed to close an opening which can occur in the heart between the two upper chambers. According to the recall, the…

Employees of the New England Compounding Center are expected to soon begin testifying about the role that pharmacy played in the fungal meningitis outbreak. A federal grand jury in Boston has issued subpoenas as part of an investigation into potential criminal charges. Boston prosecutors may be looking to charge NECC with several crimes, including fraud,…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission just announced a recall of infant beds. Children’s safety equipment manufacturer KidCo Inc. is working with CPSC to recall approximately 220,000 infant travel beds in light of nine reported entrapment incidents and at least one infant death while using the portable sleep tent. It has been determined that a baby…

There are currently at least 184 cases of meningitis in the U.S., including 14 fatalities, confirmed by the Center for Disease Control. The fungal meningitis outbreak started when steroid medication was contaminated with a fungus and the fungus was injected into the bloodstream when the shots were administered to patients. Infection has been recorded in…