Ryan White has finally made the journey home. The 9 year-old Philadelphia boy returned home Saturday, more than a month after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver after attending a Phillies game in San Francisco. Ryan was greeted by more than 100 friends, neighbors and well-wishers. White was hit Aug. 4 outside AT&T Park […]
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Man Escapes Serious Injury in Downtown Palo Alto Crash
Luck favored a 32-year-old Mountain View resident early Sunday following a fiery crash in downtown Palo Alto. The as yet unidentified man suffered moderate injuries when he drove his GMC Yukon SUV through a guardrail on Alma Street and plummeted to University Avenue below, said Palo Alto police spokeswoman Sandra Brown. Moments before the approximately […]
Sunsations to pay 60K penalty for drawstring hoods
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Sunsations Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $60,000. The penalty agreement (pdf) has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5-0). The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that Sunsations knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by […]
Listeria Outbreak In 4 states
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states, including Colorado, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of listeriosis. Listeriosis is a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Investigators are using DNA analysis of Listeria isolated from patients to identify […]
Cargill Foods Recalls Tainted Turkey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. in Springdale, Ark. announced yesterday a recall of approximately 185,000 pounds of Salmonella-tainted ground turkey meat. According to the FSIS, this current food safety alert is tied to the earlier recall of 36 million pounds of turkey meat contaminated with Salmonella […]
