St. Louis Roofer Dies After Falling Into Tar Kettle

A St. Louis roofer has died more than a month after a tragicconstruction accident in which he fell into a kettle of burning tar. The 66-year-old man died last Wednesday after spending over a month in a medically induced coma. The roofer was working on a one-story University City building when he fell off…

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North Carolina Bus Accident Kills Four

Four people were killed in a tragicbus accident on a North Carolina highway earlier this month. The bus was carrying a South Carolina junior college football team and some of their family members when a tire blew out, according to a North Carolina State Trooper. Officials say a child was among the fatalities as…

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FDA Announces Glucagon-Injecting Device Recall

The FDA has announced today that Novo Nordisk has made the decision torecall six batches of the glucagon-injecting devices after it has been reported that needles in the GlucaGen HypoKit have detached from the syringes. A detachment of the needle was reported to Novo Nordisk by a customer in Portugal and one from the…

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Pedestrian Accidents Claim Lives Over Weekend

Everyone walking on or near a roadway is a pedestrian. The CDC reported that in 2013, 19% of all pedestrian deaths were sixty-five years and older. Death for pedestrians 14 and younger was one out of every five. Statistically speaking, these are the two groups most at risk. The total number of pedestrians killed…

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One Man Responsible for Car Accident Involving More Than Five Vehicles

On Saturday a Quincy man was arrested and is facing much more than one charge for acrash that involved more than five vehicles, one being a john boat parked and on its trailer. Multiple departments were dispatched to Fifth and Chestnut including the Quincy Police Department, Quincy Fire Department, Adam’s County Sheriff’s office, and…

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Pokemon Go Reason for Auto Accident

Your safety is put at risk daily by those obsessed with catching the next digital monster. This particular driver hit a tree instead of another driver and luckily suffered minor injuries. While this incident occurred in AuburnPokemon Go isn’t isolated to just that area; people across the world are on the search for the…

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Heartburn Drugs Linked to Heart Attacks

Well-known heartburndrugs Prilosec and Nexium have been linked to artery damage, kidney failure, and dementia through recent studies. Scientists have discovered shocking information. Cells were used that lined the walls of the arteries and compared by exposing them to an H2 blocker found in Zantac and to Nexium. Cells exposed to Nexium showed a…

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Opponent of Helmet Laws Killed in Motorcycle Crash

Peter Pettalia, 61, a Rep. of Michigan who voted against universal helmet laws was killed in amotorcycle accident. A driver of a pickup truck drove into Pettalia’s lane hitting and killing him. Despite being an opponent of the helmet laws, he was wearing one at the time of the accident. Pettalia was a voice…

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Car Crash Possibly Caused by Dangerous Road

Anothercar crash on Meadows Ave. in East Peoria took a woman’s life on Wednesday. The coroner of Peoria announced Wednesday evening at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center that Norene McMahon, 48 of Washington, was deceased. The second driver has been hospitalized as a result, and their condition is not known at this time. An…

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Cockroaches at Nursing Home, Least of Concerns

Anursing home in Columbia, PA. in under scrutiny after ABC27 News launches an investigation. The investigation of Susquehanna Valley’s nursing home was sparked from those previously employed by the facility having come forward with complaints of the conditions there. They also found that during one year, eight investigations were conducted, and the nursing home…

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