Two men who survived a fatal fire this week in Salem in north Alabama are still recovering in a Birmingham Hospital during the holiday.
Spokesman Bob Shepard of University Hospital in Birmingham said 18-year-old Teddy Olson was in serious condition at the burn center on Christmas Eve while his stepfather, 60-year-old Richard McCurry, was in serious condition.
The family’s chocolate Lab is at The Dog Pound in Athens where a veterinarian is treating Read the rest of this entry »

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.
Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected its new-drug application for ceftobiprole, an antibiotic for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections, including diabetic-foot infections.
J&J’s Pharmaceutical Research & Development unit said the FDA in a letter said the company needs to conduct additional audit work of clinical-investigator sites and to address specific Read the rest of this entry »