Stihl Inc., based in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA), has recalled 2.3 million gas-powered lawn tools due to the risk of fuel spills catching fire and causing burns, according to…
It’s been discovered that metal particles from hip implants can get into the bloodstream, but it’s unclear whether the levels are high enough to cause problems. This uncertainty…
Car wrecks cost the United States $41 billion annually in medical expenses and lost hours of work and economic productivity. If that wasn’t bad enough, out of all 50 states, 10 account for…
A Windsor, North Carolina (NC) family suffered a tragic accident while on a Jet Ski on the Cashie River in Windsor that resulted in the death of a Bertie County sheriff’s deputy and his 3 year…
In August of 2010, the company DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a recall of 93,000 DePuy hip replacement systems. Studies of the recalled systems indicated…
In one of the first documented cases of its kind in the United States, a kidney transplant patient contracted AIDS from the kidney of a living donor, according to a report published in the March…
Would a governor of a state — think a state that starts with a “V” — veto a medical malpractice reform bill merely to look good because of future national political aspirations?…
A chemist working for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and his son have been charged with insider trading in a case that could have alarming implications for public health. The Securities and…
Virginia (VA) lawmakers, doctors, insurers and patient advocates hammered out a legislative proposal to modestly increase caps on medical malpractice awards in $50,000 increments from $2 million to…
Several accidents involving school buses have recently occurred in the southeast Virginia (VA) and northeast North Carolina (NC). The most recent occurred last week in Suffolk, Virginia, and…
There have been a string of car wrecks involving young drivers in and around North Carolina (NC) and South Carolina (SC). For example, an accident occurred when a 20-year-old driver fell asleep at…
First-year medical students at the University of Virginia Medical School Medicine have begun learning to work in teams, use web technology and computer databases, and rely on relevant expertise of…