A recent study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has uncovered the majority of pediatric medical devices approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are only tested on adults. The study examined the records of 25 different medical devices that had been approved for children between the years…
An 11-year-old boy is recovering from a multiple injuries after he was hit by a car as he attempted to board a school bus in Apex, North Carolina. According to a report from the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Michael Burgress, a sixth grade student at West Lake Middle School, was attempting to cross the street…
A Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), police office suffered head, neck and back injuries when his cruiser was struck from behind by a van on Frederick Boulevard during the afternoon of September 30, 2014. According to reports, the law enforcement official was slowing in order to pull over to the side of the road to help another…
Separate traffic accidents left two pedestrians in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), badly injured. Both wrecks appear to have been easily avoidable, and the at-fault drivers will face charges for causing the crashes. The more serious of the accidents occurred at around 7:30 pm on October 3, 2014. A person walking along Dunkirk Road was…
Two students from Wilson County, North Carolina (NC) had their lives turned upside down when they were hit by an SUV as they tried to get on their school bus. This awful incident happened at the intersection of Rock Ridge Sims Road and Old Raleigh Road west of Interstate 95 (I-95). The two victims were brother…