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Will Black Farmers Get their due?
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U.S. to Ban Drop-Side Cribs in Infant Safety Overhaul
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, citing 153 deaths in the past four years, voted to ban drop-side cribs in the agency’s first across-the-board overhaul
Diabetes Drug Maker Hid Test Data on Risks, Files Indicate
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Tyco Electronics Faces Whistleblower Suit by Manager
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Whistleblower Lawsuit Claims Orthopedic Surgeons Overbilled Medicare
A prominent Chicago hospital and six orthopedic surgeons defrauded the U.S. government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs by overbilling for a heavy caseload of surgeries the
More Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl recalled by Johnson & Johnson
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Hope Fades For 2 Missing Duck Boat Riders; 11 Hurt, 2 Hospitalized
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VA hospital may have infected 1,800 veterans with HIV
A Missouri VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV. John
Johnson & Johnson faces lawsuits, criminal penalties for ‘phantom’ drug recall
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit face a congressional investigation, potential criminal charges, and lawsuits for mismanaging problems with some over-the-counter
