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Every year, doctors across the U.S. perform more than a million hernia repair surgeries. And since the 1990s, the use of a surgical mesh to strengthen a repair and prevent the hernia from recurring …
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News that Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 had crashed on Sunday, killing 157 people, had barely begun to sink in when stories started to emerge that the crash was eerily similar to a Lion Air disaster …
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert, warning consumers not to use three cosmetics sold by Claire’s stores which tested positive for asbestos.
The alert warns that …
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For years, there have been suspicions that staffing levels at nursing homes are inadequate. But it wasn’t until 2018 that federal data was able to prove that most nursing homes nationally had far …
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Recently, sexual abuse seems to be dominating the headlines, from sexual assaults by members of the clergy to abuse in long-term care facilities.
While this coverage may be shining a spotlight on …
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Pope Francis’ recent summit on sexual abuse ended in much the same way as it began: offering reasons for hope and promising change, but failing to outline concrete policies for dealing with the issue. …
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is in the news again for all of the wrong reasons.
The pharmaceutical giant has been told by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hand over documents linked …
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Seven nurses who previously worked at an Ohio nursing home have been accused of mistreating two patients, including a man who “literally rotted to death,” according to the state’s Attorney General. …
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The controversial Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook has been shut down. The shutdown comes after the release of new air quality numbers and renewed calls for the plant’s to be closed from …
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The nation was horrified earlier this year when a story broke about a woman who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade giving birth to a baby boy. The incident sparked immediate …
