Hospital operator
Health Management Associates Inc.
said Monday its profit climbed 17 percent in the fourth quarter, aided by a large gain from early debt retirement.
The company reported net income of $14.5 million, or 6 cents per share. That compares with $12.5 million, or 5 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, Health Management Associates
) said it earned 7 cents per share from continuing operations. Revenue grew 3 Read the rest of this entry »
A manager at the Peanut Corp. of America’s plant in Plainview, Texas, said he repeatedly complained to the company owner,
, and the Texas Department of Health about unsanitary conditions at the plant.
Kenneth Kendrick said in an exclusive interview today with “Good Morning America” that when he worked at the Texas plant in 2006, he told Parnell about a rodent infestation and a leaky roof.
“Water, particularly anything leaking off a roof, and Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sole source of the U.S. salmonella outbreak involving contaminated peanut butter appears to be the Peanut Corp of America’s Blakely, Georgia processing facility, federal officials said on Wednesday.
More than 125 products including cookies, crackers, ice cream and even some pet food have been recalled in connection with the outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Six deaths may be associated with the outbreak, Read the rest of this entry »
A Pennsylvania man who was injured during a crane accident in Annapolis Thursday was stable in critical condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center today, according to the hospital.
Edward Cifaldo, 46, of the 200 block of Main Street in Red Lion, Pa., was sitting in a compartment of a crane that was preparing to lift heating and cooling units onto the roof of a fitness center under construction at Annapolis Towne Centre in Parole. Anne Arundel Read the rest of this entry »
SPPI.O
) said
U.S. regulators have extended the review date of its
experimental cancer drug, Zevalin, to July 2.
The decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration comes
after the regulator received a major amendment to the
Supplemental Biologics License Application for use of Zevalin
as a treatment for patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma (NHL), the company said.
The drug has received priority review status from the FDA. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sole source of the U.S. salmonella outbreak involving contaminated peanut butter appears to be the Peanut Corp of America’s Blakely, Georgia processing facility, federal officials said on Wednesday.
More than 125 products including cookies, crackers, ice cream and even some pet food have been recalled in connection with the outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Six deaths may be associated with the outbreak, Read the rest of this entry »
FDA pick coming soon, Obama spokesman says
President Barack Obama will announce his nominee for FDA commissioner in the next few days, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The agency faces mounting pressure to address product safety, including recent cases of salmonella contamination in peanuts. Obama’s choice, who would take over for interim chief Dr. Frank Torti, has to be confirmed by the Senate.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Monday, February Read the rest of this entry »
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Republican leader of the
Senate says the state’s only psychiatric hospital for children
should be closed because costs are much too high at a time when the
state faces billions of dollars in budget deficits.
Sen.
and sent children to other treatment centers.
State officials say it costs $862,000 a year to treat one child
at Riverview, although that figure includes workers’ benefits.
A spokesman for the state Department Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors have known that some children and adolescents taking stimulant medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder experience psychiatric symptoms from the drugs, such as hallucinations, hearing voices, paranoia and mania. In 2007, the Food and Drug Administration ordered manufacturers of stimulant medications to add new warnings about psychiatric and cardiovascular side effects to package inserts. And patient medication guides are also Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey hospitals said the nation’s recession is hitting them hard — causing layoffs, delays in capital improvement projects, a jump in charity-care patients and a decline in patients scheduling elective procedures.
“This recession has dealt a staggering blow to New Jersey’s hospitals,” said Betsy Ryan, president and CEO of the
“It has weakened their finances, drained their cash reserves and forced them to Read the rest of this entry »