New Shift Rules Cause Spike in Patient Safety Concerns

New rules are going into effect that will impact an estimated 30,000 first-year medical residents. Just what would the new rules entail? For starters, the new rules “could add eight or more hours to their shifts,” increasing the previous hour limit of 16 hours to 24 hours. Understandably, this is “causing a rise in patient safety concerns.”




7M Pounds of Hot Dogs and Sausages Recalled After Consumers Find Bone Fragments

Summer time is grilling time, which means families all across the country will likely grill up a few hot dogs and sausages before fall arrives. Unfortunately, a recall has been issued for certain brands of hot dogs and sausages. Marathon Enterprises, Inc, a meat processor based in Bronx, New York, is recalling more than “seven million pounds of beef and pork hot dogs and sausages” over numerous consumer complaints. What has so many consumers up in arms? Well, it turns out quite a few have found small bone fragments in their hot dogs and sausages. In one report, a consumer actually got a “minor oral injury” from biting down on a bone fragment.


Trump Nominates Coal Industry Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler To Help Run EPA

Donald Trump is expected to nominate top coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to the second-highest post in the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed appointment marks yet another controversial appointment for the administration. The agency’s current head, Scott Pruitt, faced enormous resistance from left-leaning politicians and activists prior to assuming office. Pruitt, the former Attorney General




Bush Brothers & Company Recalls Baked Beans Over Defective Cans

For many people in the US, baked beans are the perfect accompaniment to a summer cook out. Unfortunately, one popular brand of baked beans has issued a recall due to defective cans. The recall was issued by Bush’s Beans and “applies to certain 28-ounce cans of Bush’s Brown Sugar Hickory Baked Beans, Country Style Baked Beans, and Original Baked Beans.”