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These Items Sold at Costco Have Been Recalled — Check Your Home
TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 — If you shop at Costco, you may want to check your home for items that have recently been recalled. In the past few months, the retailer has flagged nearly a dozen products due ...
Prevent 4th of July Firework Injuries by Taking These Simple Steps
THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 — Fireworks are the pinnacle of many Fourth of July celebrations, and while they can be festive and fun, they can also land you in the emergency room if you don’t take proper pr...
100,000 Amazon Mattresses Recalled Over Fire Hazard
MONDAY, June 23, 2025 — If you bought a Crayan mattress on Amazon in the last two years, you may need to stop using it right away. About 100,000 mattresses are being recalled because they don’t meet f...
More Than 1.8 Million Ninja Pressure Cookers Recalled for Burn Risk
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 — More than 1.8 million Ninja Foodi pressure cookers are being recalled due to a risk of burns, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall affects ...
Eightfold Increase in Wildfire-Linked ED Encounters Seen With Onset of LA Wildfires
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 – The percentage of wildfire-associated emergency department encounters increased with onset of the Los Angeles County (LAC) wildfires in January 2025, according to research...
Wildfires Can Raise Rates of Heart Attacks, Deaths
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 – With Los Angeles still reeling from the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, a new report on California blazes from earlier years finds the toll on survivors' hearts can be...
ER Visits for Burns, Eye Issues Rose 8-Fold During Recent L.A. Fires
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 – Los Angeles County residents are still recovering from the devastation of the Palisades and Eaton fires, and new data show that emergency department (ED) visits for...
Wildfires Are Gaining Speed in Western U.S., Upping Threat to People
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 – Wildfires that spread so fast they outrun the efforts of fire crews trying to contain them: These types of conflagrations are becoming far more common across the Western...
FDA Approves NexoBrid (anacaulase-bcdb) for the Treatment of Severe Thermal Burns in Adults
YAVNE, Israel, Dec. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – MediWound Ltd. (Nasdaq: MDWD) (the “Company”), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on next-generation biotherapeutic solutions for tis...
FDA Medwatch Alert: GFA Production (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Easy Care First Aid® Burn Cream and First Aid Kits Due to Microbial Contamination
December 23, 2022 – Xiamen, Fujian, GFA Production (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. is voluntarily recalling one lot of Easy Care first aid® AfterBurn ® Cream, 0.9 g single-use packets. The single use packets are s...