NPR reports: Multiple districts filed lawsuits on Monday, including school systems in Olathe, Kan.; St. Charles, Mo.; Long Island, N.Y.; and La Conner, Wash. Three of those suits charge that Juul has hooked a generation of young smokers with its sweet flavors, placing a burden…
Amidst rising concerns that some medications may be contaminated with a potential cancer-causing agent, Zantac manufacturer Sanofi recently announced a recall of the heartburn medication in both the United States and Canada. The company stated it was initiating a voluntary recall “as a precautionary measure”…
Despite Johnson & Johnson’s claims that its talc products do not contain asbestos, it is now recalling a lot of baby powder after trace amounts of the carcinogen were found in the product. The lot includes about 33,000 bottles. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are debating a historic piece of legislation, which would allow more time for survivors of child sexual assault to file civil and criminal lawsuits. After passing the state house earlier this year, it now awaits its fate in the senate judiciary committee.…
On December 14, 2012, parents in Newtown, CT suffered unimaginable devastation when a man opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 young children and six school staffers. It’s a kind of pain no parent — or any other person — should ever have…