Hepatitis A Outbreak On August 15, 2016, the Hawaiʻi Department of Public Health (HDOH) ordered all Oahu and Kauai Genki Sushi Restaurants to close after discovering a link to a…
The FDA has just released a statement that signals a turn in the tide against the makers of WEN. On July 19, 2016, The FDA released a statement that it…
A Missouri state court has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million to the family of Jacqueline Fox, whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to Johnson & Johnson’s…
WARNING: SOME E-CIGARETTE FLAVORS CONTAIN DANGEROUS FLAVORING CHEMICAL RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERE LUNG DISEASE Big tobacco has convinced users of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) that they are safer than tobacco cigarettes, in…
URGENT RECALL: BRAVELLE® FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE RECALLED FOR LACK OF EFFICACY In October of 2015, Ferring Pharmaceuticals quietly initiated a voluntary, class 2 recall of Bravelle® (75 IU dose, injection-method, NDC…
Laparoscopic power morcellation can spread undetected cancer with disastrous results. Laparoscopic power morcellators are used during surgery to remove uterine fibroids or to preform a hysterectomy. Uterine fibroids are usually non-cancerous (benign)…
Yesterday the Department of Justice, in conjunction with several other federal agencies, unsealed a grand jury indictment returned against USPLabs and several of its officers, including CEO Jacob Geissler, President…
Springfield, Mass. – Yesterday, Federal Bankruptcy Judge Henry Boroff ruled in open court confirming the approximately $200 million settlement plan for the victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak caused by…
In December 2010, the FDA sent a mass mailing to dietary supplement manufacturers to address the “significant public health problems” posed by dietary supplements with unlisted and/or unapproved ingredients. The FDA…
The lawyers for USP Labs, the maker of the dangerous dietary supplements OxyElite Pro® and Jack3d®, brought a motion before the Judicical Panel of Multidistrict Litigation to get all federal…