The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released updated recommendations for reducing sleep-related infant deaths. Each year in the U.S., more than 3,500 infants die because of sleep-related problems like sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed. These types of…
On June 16, 2022, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act H.R. 3967. It was expected to be signed into law soon after, but procedural delays have pushed the date back. It is still expected to be finalized soon. The act…
A new review of 11 studies published in the scientific journal Injury Prevention shows that children using trampoline centers and parks may be more likely to suffer trauma and require surgical intervention than children using trampolines at home. Study Shows Trampoline Centers More Likely to…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently published its most recent data on self-driving car crashes. The data includes information collected on vehicles with driver-assistance systems and autonomous technologies. Overall, these vehicles were involved in nearly 400 crashes in the last year. New Data…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) states that deaths of children under 13 in car crashes have declined since 1975, but crashes still cause one of every four unintentional injury deaths in this age group. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced that a new federal rule concerning the safety of infant sleep products took hold on June 23, 2022. It is now illegal to sell sleep products for infants that do not comply with the approved safety…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) states that 32 people in the U.S. die in drunk-driving crashes every day. That’s one person every 45 minutes. In 2020, 11,654 people died in alcohol-impaired driving deaths, which was a 14 percent increase from 2019. According to…
Exactech has added another 40,000 hip implants to its growing list of defective medical implants. On August 11, 2022 the company announced it was recalling another group of implants over failure of polyethylene liners in the devices. The latest recalled Exactech implants are; – Acumatch…
After a lot of back-and-forth in Congress, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (S.3373) has finally been signed into law. President Biden signed the bill on Wednesday, August 10th, 2022. The Act will allow military veterans, their families, and civilian residents who lived or…
Today, Exactech, a Gainesville, Florida medical device manufacturer, added 40,000 hip implants to its list of defective medical implant recalls. Exactech had already recalled over 90,000 hips,140,000 knees, and about 2,500 ankles. All of the recalls related to a failure of the polyethylene parts in…
