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Efforts to Restrict Cell Phone Use and Curb Distracted Driving Vary Across the Country
Distracted driving, meaning operating a motor vehicle while simultaneously talking, sending a text message, or reading information on a handheld elect...
Medication Error Causes Child to Overdose on Methadone
A pharmacy error that mixed up two very different drugs with similar names sent a six year-old child to the hospital after he took the recommended dos...
Kansas Semi-Trailer Crash that Killed Five People Brings Scrutiny of Graduated Driver Licensing Laws
A semi trailer converted for use as a recreational vehicle crashed on a Kansas highway on Sunday, April 1, 2012. Five of the eighteen people on board ...
Distracted Driving Emerges as Nation’s Top Road Safety Priority
Given the proliferation of the smartphone, distracted driving is reaching epidemic levels and there is growing concern that the problem is only going ...
Kansas and Missouri Car Accidents Are the #1 Cause of Deadly Head Trauma Among Teens, Study Finds
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia conducted a study with the help of State Farm Insurance to examine the risks teenagers face from head tr...
Two Lawsuits Accuse Pharmacy of Dispensing Wrong Dosage of Seizure Medication
Two families have sued a pharmacy in Gig Harbor, Washington for multiple alleged medication errors involving incorrect doses of anti-seizure medicatio...
Federal Guidelines for Distracted Driving Prevention Target Automakers
For the first time, the United States Department of Transportation is targeting automakers and their responsibility in making automobiles safer to dri...
The Risks of Obtaining Medications from Online Pharmacies
As more and more commerce moves from brick-and-mortar businesses to online retailers, online pharmacies are appearing all over the internet. These ser...
Pharmacy Sued Over Fatal Drug Error
The family of an elderly Kentucky woman has filed suit against Walgreens pharmacy after an alleged mix-up of her prescription medication led to her de...
Rental Car Industry Comes Under Scrutiny of Auto Safety Regulators and Advocates
American rental car companies have about 1.6 million vehicles in their fleets, according to a recent report in USA TODAY. Hundreds of thousands of the...