Federal prosecutors may be ready to file the first criminal charges in connection with the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the summer of 2010. According to a Wall Street Journal report, felony charges of lying to regulators about the safety of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig prior to [...]

A New York group home for the developmentally disabled receives more than $25 million a year in state Medicaid funding but consistently fails to meet minimum care standards and is run by executives who reward nepotism and are otherwise unqualified. According to a New York Times investigation, the non-profit group Federation of Multicultural Programs of [...]

The makers of Enfamil baby formula confirmed this week that Food and Drug Administration safety inspectors visited its manufacturing and administrative headquarters this week as part of an investigation linked to an apparent deadly bacterial outbreak. According to a Reuters report, the Mead Johnson manufacturing facility in Michigan and its record-keeping office in Indiana were [...]

Defective metal-on-metal hip implants like the failed DePuy ASR and DePuy Pinnacle devices are likely to compile billions of dollars in medical and legal costs in coming years as thousands more recipients realize their malfunctions. According to a recent New York Times feature, metal-on-metal implants – considered revolutionary in the artificial joint industry just five [...]

Researchers at nearly a dozen universities across the country continue to test the stop-smoking drug Chantix on high-risk patients as part of federally-funded clinical trials aimed at finding alternate uses for the drug. Chantix has been the subject of endless safety warnings from the Food and Drug Administration  and personal injury lawsuits from people taking [...]

The makers of Enfamil infant baby formula say its own testing has revealed no presence of the life-threatening bacteria which has recently infected two infants, killing one. According to a Bloomberg report, Mead Johnson still maintains the Enfamil formula pulled by some major retailers last week following reports that two infants who ingested a specific [...]

The owner of the defunct silicone gel breast implant at the center of a European controversy is wanted on drunk driving charges in Costa Rica. According to BBC, Interpol issued a “Red Notice” recently for the arrest of Jean-Claude Mas, a 72-year-old man who formerly ran Poly Implant Prosthese is wanted for his role in [...]

As many as 1 in every 6 people who receive an artery stent to open a clogged blood vessel face the risk of being readmitted to the hospital within a month of the device being implanted. According to a report from The Atlantic, New York conducted a study of patients in the state who received [...]

French health officials are urging women who received silicone gel breast implants manufactured by Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) to have them removed to avoid the risk of rupture and possibly contracting a rare form of cancer. In an update Friday, Reuters reports the French government announced today it would pay using public funds to have [...]

Researchers in Australia believe hip and knee implants released over the last ten years have no added benefit over older models and some are more dangerous. According to a New York Times report, a research team based in Australia has reviewed the continent’s registry of implanted hip and knee joints and found alarming rates of [...]