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21-year-old Christina Tarsell and 17-year-old Jessica Ericzon were both healthy, athletic young women who suddenly dropped dead shortly after receiving their final injection of Gardasil. But when their families tried to get the FDA to investigate, nothing...
The Merck corporation has pled guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales of the painkiller Vioxx. In a negotiated settlement, they agreed to pay $950 million, which includes the resolution of civil cases and federal and state fraud cases...
A controversial bill in India would create a new regulatory body to serve as the ultimate authority on the introduction of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in that country. The “Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill” would make a mockery of both consumer...
The 2010 California pertussis epidemic came as a direct result of the failure of pertussis vaccine to deliver lasting protection to children aged 7 to 10 years. This has prompted infectious diseases experts to question the current schedule of childhood...
Bee Aware from Greg Stanley on Vimeo . Bees have been dying off around the world for more than a decade, a phenomenon known as “Colony Collapse Disorder,” or CCD. Each year commercial beekeepers have reported unprecedented losses. Most fruits, many vegetables...
When young, non-violent protestors were recently doused -- directly in the eyes -- with pepper spray, it was purportedly at least with a "non-lethal" chemical weapon. Pepper spray even sounds somewhat "natural". But while pepper spray...
Bee Aware from Greg Stanley on Vimeo . Bees have been dying off around the world for more than a decade, a phenomenon known as “Colony Collapse Disorder,” or CCD. Each year commercial beekeepers have reported unprecedented losses. Most fruits, many vegetables...
If controversial draft guidelines being considered by Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council are accepted, Australian parents who don't medicate children with ADHD could be referred to child protection authorities. This could lead...
European Union officials have been ridiculed after stating that drink manufacturers should not claim that water can prevent dehydration. They concluded that, after a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the claim. They ruling followed...
The U.S. Congress is trying to keep pizza and French fries on school lunch menus, fighting Obama administration proposals to make school lunches healthier. Their final version of a spending bill would undo school lunch standards the Agriculture Department...
The European Commission has adopted new rules regarding X-ray, or backscatter, body scanners at all European airports. European Union members have been asked to remove X-ray scanners from its airports in order to prevent risks to “citizens’ health and...
Over the last year, the U.S. government has aggressively pushed a $433-million plan to buy an experimental smallpox drug -- although there is a good deal of uncertainty over whether it is necessary, and even whether it will work. Senior officials took...
In this CBS News video, crooked lobbyist Jack Abramoff explains how he influenced Congress for years, and how this kind of corruption still continues.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have long claimed that between 1998 and 2008, there were two deaths from raw milk. This number is often used in media reporting about raw milk. But those illnesses actually appear to have come from a form of cheese...
Parents attempting to find alternatives to vaccinations for their children are being warned by a federal prosecutor that mailing lollipops licked by children with chickenpox is against the law. Jerry Martin, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee...
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