E. coli victim helped push for change in USDA rules

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

The mother of a 10-year-old girl critically sickened by an outbreak of a rare strain of E. coli bacteria welcomed the news this week that the government will soon start screening for that bug and five other new pathogens in the nation’s beef supply Find more info about E. coli victim ...

Clemens Defense Violated Rules on Juror Contact, Judge Says

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

The judge overseeing Roger Clemens’s perjury case said the government can talk to former jurors from the ex-pitcher’s mistrial after some of them were contacted by the defense team in violation of court rules. Find more info about Clemens Defense Violated Rules on Juror Contact, Judge Says photos videos pictures. read ...

U.S. broke rules in Guatemala syphilis study

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Government researchers must have known they were violating ethical standards by deliberately infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis for an experiment in the 1940's, according to a presidential commission. Find more info about U.S. broke rules in Guatemala syphilis study photos videos pictures. read more

Britain’s Weirdest Health And Safety Rules And Bans Exposed

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Great Britain, like many other countries, has become so obsessed with health and safety, that some of its rules and bans have become a source of amazement, ridicule and jokes. Examples range from an area of lawn popular with fans who could not get into a court being out of ...

Researchers’ Conflict Of Interest Rules Tightened Up By US Authorities

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

US authorities have lowered the amount of money that constitutes a financial conflict and expanded the required disclosures for medical researchers. In order to manage, identify and ultimately avoid researchers' financial conflicts of interest, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an updated Final Rule. The ...