the intersection of emergency preparedness, public health and environmental policy
Posts tagged as:
Jim Edwards reported Friday on BNet that the FDA has all of rwo inspectors in China. From FDA Has Only 2 Inspectors Watching Drug Factories in China.
But the fact that the FDA has just two people to cover a territory 3.7 million square miles in size raises questions about how often those factories and labs [...]
{ 0 comments }
, according to Gardiner Harris of the Times. Federal drug regulators warned consumers to stop using Zicam, a popular homeopathic cold remedy, because it could damage or destroy their sense of smell. The action is an early indication that the Obama administration is likely to take far more aggressive enforcement actions against [...]
{ 0 comments }
Stephanie Stromof the Times reports on persistent - over 15 years - difficulties with the Red Cross blood supply operation, which provides two-thirds of the organization's revenue.For 15 years, the American Red Cross has been under a federal court order to improve the way it collects and processes blood. Yet, despite $21 million in fines [...]
{ 0 comments }
To the long list of objects vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, add the human heart.The threat seems largely theoretical. But a team of computer security researchers plans to report Wednesday that it had been able to gain wireless access to a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker.They were able to reprogram it to shut down [...]
{ 0 comments }
From the Pump Handle
Stimulating Broadband