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Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office, the state has seen a rise in motorcycle fatalities since the beginning of the year. Just last month, one biker was killed in a crash that injured eight others. If you have been injured in an Oklahoma...
Takeda Settles Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits for $2.4 Billion
The Japanese drug company agreed to pay $2.37 billion to plaintiffs who claimed the companys blockbuster Type 2 diabetes drug, Actos (pioglitazone), gave them bladder cancer. Complaints also said that the company hid the risk from patients and doctors and failed to...
Driver Survives Deadly Oklahoma Auto Accident
Earlier this month, a woman was hospitalized after a pickup truck collided with her vehicle on a highway in Muskogee County, Okla., according to KOCO.com. The news website reported that the 42-year-old woman was driving on State Highway 16 when a Chevrolet Avalanche...
American Trucking Association Wants Speed Limiting-Devices in Big Rigs
The Associated Press (AP) recently published an article on the American Trucking Associations request of the federal government for all commercial vehicles to be fitted with a device that would limit maximum speed to less than 70 mph. Truck accidents that occur while...
Baby Food Recall: Glass Found in Jar
Reports of glass in baby food jars leads to a recall. Beech-Nut has initiated a voluntary recall for their Classics Stage 2 Sweet Potato Chicken. Following concerns the product may contain pieces of glass, the company is voluntarily recalling nearly two thousand...
Powdered Alcohol Controversy Brews
No, there's not a typo in this article. Controversy is brewing around palcohol, a powdered form of alcohol set to hit store shelves this summer. Palcohol is a powdered, freeze-dried version of common drinks. It includes rum, vodka, a Cosmopolitan, and powderita, a...
Cheers to Alcohol Awareness Month
Did you know most underage teens get their alcohol from home? Its a sobering statistic as April marks the official start of Alcohol Awareness Month. Research shows a 16-year old is more likely to die from an alcohol-related problem than any other cause. Still, some...
Does Uber Promote Distracted Driving?
The upside to ride-sharing services like Uber - the car comes to you. The downside: the driver has 15 seconds to respond and critics spy distracted driving trouble. Here's how the Uber app works: When a passenger asks for a ride through the Uber app, an Uber driver...
Distracted Teen Drivers? Worse Than You Think
So, just how distracted are teen drivers? A new study by AAA, which caught thousands of teens talking or texting on their cell phones moments before crashing, highlights distracted driving dangers. As part of the unique study, parents allowed AAA to mount cameras...
J&J Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Selling Tylenol Containing Metal Particles
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), pleaded guilty to selling medication for babies and infants that contained metal particles, and failing to take corrective action after it was aware the drugs had been tampered with. The...