The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert about a line of cleansing hair conditioners after receiving a slew of complaints about hair loss, bald spots, itching and rashes. Some 21,000 people have lodged complaints with the manufacturers of WEN by Chaz Dean…
General Mills widened its recall of potentially contaminated flour Monday, and health officials said 46 people have been made sick so far by raw flour.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved safety labeling changes for a class of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, to enhance warnings about their association with disabling and potentially permanent side effects and to limit their use in patients with less serious bacterial infections.
Toyota Motor Corp. said it is recalling 1.43 million hybrid Prius and Lexus CT200h cars worldwide because of a possible airbag inflator defect. The faulty airbags are not related to recent massive recalls of Takata airbags.
A leading group of pediatricians is calling for stricter national regulation and a stronger commitment to eliminating sources of lead before exposure occurs.
Researchers have now confirmed a significant presence of one type of small and potentially dangerous type of jellyfish found in the Monmouth Beach and Oceanport areas of the Jersey Shore.
The latest fatal crash statistics from the State Police show 231 fatal crashes on the state’s roadways so far this year – an 11 percent jump from the 207 deadly crashes reported in mid-June 2015. According to New Jersey Police, driver inattention is the number…
The FDA has recently warned that higher than recommended doses of the diarrhea drug loperamide (Imodium) can cause serious and even fatal cardiac arrhythmias. The risk of these serious heart problems may also be increased when high doses of loperamide are taken with several kinds…
Every year, thousands of people suffer from heat-related conditions (hyperthermia) like heat stress, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
New Jersey is a dangerous place for bicyclists. Among the 50 states, New Jersey had the second-highest percentage of fatal motor vehicle accidents, 28.9 percent, that claimed the lives of pedestrians or bicyclists in 2012. That percentage rose to 32.4 in 2014, according to the…
With every public school in New Jersey under orders to test for lead in their water supplies following the discovery of elevated levels in several Newark school facilities earlier this year, school districts across the state now face potential litigation.
Por segunda vez en tres meses, un jurado de St. Louis ha ordenado a Johnson & Johnson a otorgar $55 millones de dólares a una mujer que afirmó haber desarrollado cáncer endometrioide como resultado del uso de polvos de talco por años. El fallo de…
