The only way to ensure that food is cooked to the proper temperature, eliminating harmful bacteria, is to use a food thermometer. Contaminated food cannot be easily identified visually, by taste, or smell. According to a study conducted by the RTI International, Tennessee State University…
Someone goes into the hospital to get better and instead comes out with a potentially deadly “superbug” infection. It shouldn’t happen, but it does, and it seems to be on an upward spiral. Nearly 180 patients at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center may have been…
Most of us know that when a passenger car collides with a commercial truck, the impact is usually severe and often results in life-long injuries, even death. When the truck driver or the trucking company carries inadequate insurance coverage to pay for the property damage…
Many high school and college students have plans made and are anxiously awaiting the last day of school before a “much needed” break. For high school seniors, it might be breaking away from winter as early as next week; for most college students, it will…
While no pregnancy comes with a guarantee, there are many tests to help identify abnormalities or genetic disorders. What happens when the tests results are wrong, read incorrectly, or information is incorrectly typed into a report? After three miscarriages, doctors finally told “Colleen” she had…
Ventilation fans are being blamed in the January 12 Metro train accident that claimed the life of one woman and hospitalized more than 80 others after an electrical malfunction caused a train to fill with smoke. The accident occurred inside a tunnel near the busy…
Talcum powder is most commonly used as a baby product to help prevent diaper rash and glides over the skin to eliminate friction and keep the skin cool. Yet, when Johnson & Johnson learned that many women were using the product as a body powder,…
The train was coming; the whistle was blowing. What followed was the sound of children screaming in pain after a BNSF train and a school bus collided. Several students were thrown from the bus, many of whom were covered in blood and suffering from injuries.…
It’s a threat you can’t see, kills 21,000 Americans each year, and it could be in your home right now. The only way to find out, is to test for it. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action…
This could be the most amazing video you will ever see! A busy major intersection and no traffic lights! How they are able to avoid accidents is quite remarkable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj68tga3ABI This is the intersection at Meskel Square, the nerve center of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a…
A 17-year-old Cedar Rapids teenager was found dead after being sucked away into a city storm drain by rushing currents. It took a rescue team nearly 12 hours before they found the body in 3 feet of water, about 75 yards from where he came…
The most common cause of severe head injury in the civilian population is an auto accident, yet those in the military, are three times more at risk of traumatic brain injury, even in peacetime. Even for those that regain consciousness, they will usually go on…