GlaxoSmithKline agrees to $3 billion settlement with Justice Department in largest sum of its kind over health care fraud

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline will plead guilty and pay $3 billion in the largest settlement of health care fraud in U.S. history, the Justice Department announced Monday ( Read more... )

Lettuce recall over Listeria fear affects 19 states, Canada

Initially, True Leaf Farms of Salinas announced a recall of 90 cartons of romaine shipped to an Oregon food service distributor, which shipped the produce to Washington and Idaho. But the chief executive of Church Brothers, which markets the farm's produce, said Saturday that the recall ( Read more... )

Look, the whole goddamn world should stop eating cantaloupe, OK?

And by "the whole goddamn world" I mean North America, natch.

I dunno who's producing it but there's a Listeria outbreak that's killed people--by which I mean people are dead--or in some cases merely hospitalized so they're only in tremendous pain, missing work, and wracking up huge ( Read more... )

Not just Colorado anymore. 3 people in New Mexico are dead and 6 more ill. 12 people in Colorado, Texas and Nebraska have been sickened and two others from those states have died.

Ganked directly from draggonlaady.

Unapproved emergency birth control medicine possibly in U.S. distribution may be ineffective and unsafe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning U.S. consumers not to use the emergency birth control medicine labeled as Evital. These products may be counterfeit versions of the "morning after pill" and may not be safe or effective in ( Read more... )

Via draggonlaady: The third person ever (in the US) has survived clinical rabiesIt's just so damned rare to survive ( Read more... )

• The Claim: A Fake Smile Can be Bad for Your Health
  
  When was the last time you flashed a fake smile at the office? For some, it may be just another mundane aspect of work life - putting on a game face to hide your inner unhappiness. But new research suggests that it may have unexpected consequences: worsening your mood and causing you to ( Read more... )

So sorry I didn't tell y'all about this sooner, guys, but I've been out of pocket this week: F-locked post to follow. In the meantime,

New Braunfels Smokehouse, a New Braunfels, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 2,609 pounds of fully cooked, ready-to-eat smoked turkey breast products that may be contaminated with Listeria ( Read more... )

Hey local peeps ( Read more... )

I cannot imagine that any of y'all buy pre-cooked barbecue.

I further cannot imagine that any of my Texas peeps would buy that North Carolina-style so-called "barbecue".

But since my imagination has been known to fall short, please to be making yourself aware that there are nearly 5,000 pounds of "Murphy House" barbecue being recalled for reasons ( Read more... )