GlaxoSmithKline is the pharmaceutical giants that are the makers a popular anti-nausea drug,Zofran. Typically Zofran is prescribed to people who have recently had surgery, and those going through cancer treatments. Sadly, although the FDA has not approved Zofran as safe for use during pregnancy, physicians have been doing otherwise. In addition, women who used…
SadlyJohn Forbes Nash Jr. and his wife, Alicia died Saturday in a fatal car crash in Monroe, New Jersey. The couple was riding in a taxi in the left, southbound lane of the New Jersey Turnpike when the crash happened. The accident occurred when another vehicle that was trying to pass another in the…
Fiat-Chrysler is refusing to repair some of their vehicles that are part of the almost 1.6 million recalled Jeeps due to fire risk hazards. The eyebrow-raising refusal is prompting questions amongst regulators as to why the company would refuse to fix certain vehicles. According to the NHTSA, Jeep advised them that they are unable…
One person isdead following asemi-truck crash, which happened Friday in Iowa City, Iowa. The accident happened on Interstate 80 when a semi drove through a guardrail and hit the supports for the Dubuque Street Bridge. At the time of the crash, the semi was hauling steel, and after it had hit the supports near…
Salmonella is a bacterial infection, which causes numerous unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping. Furthermore, the CDC has announced that Salmonella has recently been linked to sushi, which has sickened 53 people from nine different states. The vast majority of the cases happened in California, as well as Arizona, Illinois,…
Achlorine leak at a swimming school sent eleven people to the hospital on Friday morning. The incident occurred at the Goldfish Swim School in Naperville, Illinois. Emergency crews responded at approximately 10:20 a.m. and tended to several people suffering from symptoms including vomiting, nauseas, shortness of breath and chest pain. Ambulances transported nine individuals…
A 24-year-old man was attending a Chevelle concert with his two friends when hefell and was killed. The three men had went through a door onto a catwalk at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois on Friday when the man fell onto two pieces of metal that impaled him. Shortly after exiting the door,…
As theTakata airbag recall continues to expand, so do the vehicle manufacturers involved. Furthermore, three Japanese vehicle manufacturers announced today that they would recall more than 700,000 vehicles that have Takata airbags in them. The concerns with the airbags revolve around the fact that they can deploy with too much force, thus causing shrapnel…
A 58-year-old woman died on Monday after acar collided with her motorcycle. The woman was struck while an 82-year-old woman attempted to make a left turn onto Grand Boulevard from southbound Weber Road in Romeoville, Illinois. Authorities responded to that accident that occurred at approximately 1:55 p.m. Both drivers were transported to the hospital…
Police are actively searching for the driver thatstruck a motorcyclist and left the scene of theaccident in North St. Louis on Tuesday. Motorcyclist was Mike Hoffner was traveling on Shackelford and Mulanfey in Florissant when the first accident happened. Hoffner stated a car approached his left side and clipped his elbow. The car did…