Merck Employees File Whistleblower Mumps Vaccine Lawsuit
A federal whistleblower lawsuit against Merck & Co. has been unsealed in a Pennsylvania court.
14 Injured by Exploding Toilets, Prompting Recall
June 25, 2012 -- Approximately 2.3 million Sloan Flushmate III Pressure-Assist Flushing Systems are being voluntarily recalled because they could explode, causing serious personal injury and property damage. The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) is aware of at least 304...
FDA Recalls Korean Oysters, Clams, Mussels, Scallops
June 25, 2012 -- The FDA has banned Korea from the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL), and is warning consumers and retails not to eat any type of Korean shellfish -- including clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops. The products...
Pfizer Accused of “Cherry-Picking” Celebrex Safety Data
June 25, 2012 -- There is growing evidence that Pfizer may have intentionally misrepresented data from clinical trials of Celebrex, a popular anti-arthritis drug. After a one-year study of Celebrex showed that it was no more effective than ibuprofen, researchers...
Texas Vaccine Injury Lawyer
If you or a loved one experienced an injury caused by a vaccine, you may be entitled to compensation through the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Discovery Process to Resume in Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
In response to hundreds of additional transvaginal mesh lawsuits filed in the last few months, a federal judge has ordered that the discovery process resume.
Oregon Boy Scout Sex Abuse Files to be Public
The Supreme Court of Oregon has decided that thousands of pages of documents detailing sexual abuse and misconduct by Boy Scout leaders from the mid-1960 to the 1980s will be released to the public, with the names of victims redacted.
Drospirenone Birth Control Pills Linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome
June 20, 2012 -- Earlier this year, researchers at Stanford University published a paper in the journal HighWire, which linked drospirenone contraceptives to a doubled risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome compared to levonorgestrel. The researchers found that other contraceptives were...