For Three Years Inmate with Lymphoma was Treated for Psoriasis
For Three Years Inmate with Lymphoma was Treated for Psoriasis
New Drugs Added to FDA’s Recall List, Some Include Valsartan
New Drugs Added to FDA’s Recall List, Some Include Valsartan
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Big Business has a Friend in Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Public Citizen issued an announcement today regarding U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. What follows details the organization’s look into Judge Kavanaugh’s judicial record and the impact it could have on U.S. consumers and the environment.
What is Cybercrime?
Technology is constantly evolving and improving, but so are the cybercriminals who come along with it. Cybercrime can be described as any illegal activity that involves a computer or network connected device.
Critical Thinking in Critical Condition
Are Americans losing critical thinking skills due to conspiracy cranks and ideological blinders, or are they now beginning to wake up? You be the judge!
Immigrants Ditch Government Assistance, Forsake Baby Food Over Trump Scare
Immigrants are avoiding government assistance programs, forsaking baby food and nutritional necessities to appease the Trump administration. Under the guise of an August proposal, immigrants—legal and illegal alike—could be barred from obtaining green cards and citizenship if they’ve recently availed welfare benefits. The Trump administration casts a wide net on its definition of public assistance,
State Department Discards Passport Applications for Hispanic Americans
The State Department is refusing thousands of passport applications from people born along the border, accusing Hispanic applicants of citizenship fraud. Texas legislators say the government’s policy is a systematic problem, demonstrative of bias against the United States’ large Hispanic minority. Antipathy toward individuals of Mexican, Central and South American backgrounds has featured prominently throughout
Rehabs Permit Tobacco but Not Marijuana
Alcohol and drug rehabs usually don’t allow the use of cannabis, whether smoked, vaped, eaten or applied topically. (One exception—there may be more—is a substance abuse clinic that uses marijuana as a sort of medication-assisted treatment.) That’s perhaps not surprising. The last thing an addict needs is anything addictive and harmful.
Buffalo Wild Wings Agrees to Pay $1.5M, Ending Lawsuit Over Employee Pay
Late last month, Buffalo Wild Wings agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit for $1.55 million. The suit itself was filed by two former employees, Zachary Barton and Ethan Forness, who worked at a Buffalo Wild Wings location in Athens, Ohio. Both of the employees worked as servers and bartenders and alleged in their suit that Lancaster Wings, Inc., “which owns seven BWWs in Ohio and three in Arizona, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act in at least four ways, largely related to tipped employees allegedly performing ‘non-tipped’ work and being underpaid for that work.”
Lawsuit Filed After Urgent Care Visit Results in Leg Amputation
When most people visit an urgent care clinic for treatment, there’s an expectation that they will receive whatever care they need. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Last year on August 31, 2017, Trenton Twidwell visited an urgent care clinic in Overland Park for a wound on his left foot. At the time, the wound was small, according to a lawsuit filed in Johnson County Court. However, two weeks after visiting the clinic, Twidwell’s leg was “gangrenous and dying and had to be amputated.”