As of this writing, six people are known dead and many others remain missing after the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground near a small island off Italy. The ship, owned by a Carnival Crusie Lines subsidiary, crashed because of captain’s error. He is now being charged with manslaughter and abandoning the ship while it…
The Costa Concordia cruise liner ran aground off Italy’s Tuscan coast resulting, at the time of this posting, eleven deaths, 60 injuries and roughly 29 people still unaccounted for. The captain of the ship has been arrested and accused of abandoning the ship. According to CNN, three of the victims who lost their lives in the January…
Got a runny nose? Think twice before pulling a tissue out of that new tissue box holder just bought from Bed Bath and Beyond. Why? Because some metal tissue holders contaminated with low levels of radioactive material may have been distributed to Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in more than 20 states. As a Virginia…
A splenectomy at a very young age to resolve a digestive tract disorder left a Miramar, Florida (FL), girl defenseless against most bacterial and viral infections because the spleen continually filters infectious agents from a person’s blood. While standard and extremely safe vaccines existed to provide the protection her body lacked, a medication mistake at…
A significant factor in many Virginia commercial truck accidents is the driver of the truck itself. But what issues do these truckers face that make them dangerous on our roads, highways and interstates? Let’s take a closer look. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) worked together…