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There are an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 people that die in U.S. hospitals each year as a result of medical errors. Medical errors are one of the Nation's foremost reasons of death along with car accidents, breast cancer and AIDS.Medical errors can happen anywhere such as in hospitals, clinics, outpatient surgery centers, doctors' offices, and nursing homes. Such errors occur when something that...

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On Monday night, January 14th, the driver of a pickup truck was killed after a crash and the pickup erupted in flames.The pickup truck hit a cement truck at the intersection of Weld County Road 49 and Weld County Road 44 near Greeley. A police officer in the area tried to put out the flames with an extinguisher, however the pickup was burning too fast for him to get the driver out in time. The...

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A recent report by the government showed that national health spending rose to $2 trillion in 2006, practically doubling in the last decade.Medicare spending increased at a fast rate in 2006 while private health insurance costs grew at a slow rate. In general, health spending increased to 6.7 percent in 2006. Other expenditures include prescription drugs which rose to 8.5 percent ($216.7...

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Diamond Pet Foods, a company that contaminated dog food that resulted in killing numerous dogs nationwide, agreed to pay a $3.1 million settlement with pet owners.The company stated their workers failed to properly test and make sure their products were safe to sell. This statement came after the Food and Drug Administration released a report showing the company has no record of test results for...

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Almost two months ago Marcella Young picked up her prescription drugs from a Walgreens in Fort Collins, Colorado. Young looked in her bag and noticed her painkillers were missing.A stranger was able to get her information, most likely after she threw a past prescription bag in the trash, and was able to walk into Walgreens and out with her pills.Pam Dixon, the executive director of the World...

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A report recently released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Concerns of Police Survivors stated that there has been 186 officer deaths since December 26th. This has increased from 145 in 2006.Eighty-one officers died in traffic-related accidents and there have been 69 shooting deaths.Craig Floyd, chairman of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, stated...

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On Wednesday, December 19th, four workers were killed during a massive explosion at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida. 14 others were injured as well.T2 Laboratories Inc. Plant makes chemical solvents and fuel additives. It is still unclear on what actually caused the explosion.The chemicals at the plant made the environment "incredibly dangerous for the first responders," stated Tom...

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On Monday, December 17th, the nation's four largest makers of microwave popcorn stated that they have removed a flavoring chemical that has been linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers from their products.The Weaver Popcorn Company, ConAgra Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., and the American Pop Corn Co. have all promised to change their microwave popocorn recipes by January 2008. These...

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Seeking to allay current anxiety about the quality of food imports in the country, the Grocery Manufacturers Association introduced a series of steps Tuesday to strengthen present regulatory guidelines for imports. The country's largest industry trade group undertook these steps principally out of public concern about the recent trade calamity with China, including DEG-laced toothpaste,...

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Metz Fresh LLC announced on Wednesday that it was voluntarily recalling fresh spinach from grocery stores after a sample tested positive for salmonella.The first "presumptive" positive test for salmonella came back to Metz on Friday last week, which is when the company was able to disengage over 90% of the 8,000 cases of spinach in transit by placing "holds" on the company's product. The...

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