A bill designed to beef up the safety of U.S. prescription drugs is poised to pass Congress, but without a tracking system that public health advocates say is critical to weeding out counterfeit pharmaceuticals. House and Senate lawmakers agreed late …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Massachusetts food plant where a worker was killed with nearly 20 safety violations, labor officials said. The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that OSHA’s investigation of Tribe Mediterranean Foods …
On June 20 and 21, law enforcement across Saskatchewan, a prairie province in Canada, will again be targeting two main traffic safety concerns – seatbelt use and using cellphones while driving – in addition to motorcycle safety. “We know lack …
In an interview with Claims Journal, Charlie Schuver, president of Guarantee Insurance Co., a specialty workers’ compensation insurer and subsidiary of Florida-headquartered Patriot National Insurance Group discusses a proprietary fraud-fighting system called SWARM – swift working assessment with rapid methodology. …
Public company executives may be in for a surprise lawsuit. Despite the odds that they and their directors will be sued in the next 12 months, a new Chubb Public Company Risk Survey has found that more than 80 percent …
Insured losses from last week’s violent hailstorm in Dallas should be just under $1 billion, a trade group for Texas insurers said on Tuesday, sharply less than what another industry group estimated last week. The Insurance Council of Texas, via …
Tropical Storm Chris formed over the open Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday and posed no threat to land, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Chris, the third cyclone of 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, swirled to life 560 miles (905 km) …
Police and family members of an Arizona woman say the 22-year-old pre-med student fell to her death from her Las Vegas Strip hotel room after taking Ecstasy. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Emily McCaughan died early Monday after falling …
New Mexico’s pharmacy and medical boards are considering proposals that call for greater scrutiny from doctors and pharmacists in giving prescriptions for opioid painkillers. The Santa Fe New Mexico reports that the state Board of Pharmacy will consider various proposals, …
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced Monday a state plan to address tsunami debris that reaches the state’s coast from Japan but stressed that federal help is needed. “We don’t have the resources at the state level to do what we’re …