A review conducted by the USA Today reveals that dangerous injection practices have been tied to numerous outbreaks of disease and bacterial infection throughout the nation. Studies have shown that…
read moreThe World Trade Center bombing was an unprecedented event that claimed more than 2,700 lives that day and affected countless others. The full cost of that attack may still be…
read moreSepsis is a leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. Part of the problem in treating or preventing sepsis is that the early signs of the ailment are similar to…
read moreFalls are a serious problem in hospitals and nursing homes. According to a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic, a drug commonly given to inpatients in American hospitals increases the…
read moreA ‘never events’ are medical mistakes that should never happen, according to all medical professionals. These medical mistakes should never occur if the professionals involved take proper care and precautions…
read moreA data collection tool known as Signal Four is helping law enforcement officials, as well as traffic engineers, planners, emergency medical providers and others pinpoint problem areas where accidents are…
read moreZachary Abraham is reminded every day of the cost of texting and driving. The car accident he suffered in July 2010 broke his jaw, shattered his heel bone, put him…
read moreA new study conducted by Toyota Motor Corp. and the University of Michigan indicates that parents do not understand the extent to which their teens are texting and driving. The…
read moreA 16-year-old North Carolina teen ran away from home in November of 2010. The next day, his body was found in a suburb of Boston. The boy apparently made his…
read moreStarting in 1999, General Motors began installing event data recorders, commonly known as black boxes, into specific models. The black boxes would collect information about how the vehicle was operated…
read moreGetting older is a challenging and sometimes harrowing experience. For Americans over the age of 65, falls are the top cause of deadly injury and hospitalization. Data collected by the…
read moreMillions of babies are born in U.S. hospitals every year. In roughly 9 percent of these births, something goes wrong. In those cases, a full 30 percent involve an avoidable…
read moreThe University of Central Florida is adding a 600 bed housing facility. The site of that facility saw a serious construction accident this week, as a concrete slab fell over…
read moreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration handed out $45.9 million in motorcyclist safety grants from 2006 to 2012. Per the instructions of Congress, none of that money was used support…
read moreWitnesses report that a construction worker was struck by a ball-shaped object while working on the second floor of a Miami building recently. The object, swung from a construction vehicle,…
read moreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new guidelines for large commercial trucks and large buses that would require those heavy duty vehicles to have electronic stability control devices installed.…
read moreJust as safety experts, legislators and law enforcement officials get a handle on one unsafe practice, a new danger rises up to battle for our attention. A survey conducted by…
read moreIn a difficult economy, many homeowners take on their own construction projects. Small groups may attempt to flip homes without the assistance of licenses contractors or construction companies. Residential construction…
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