New York is preparing to ban flavored e-cigarettes to prevent teen use as the CDC releases new vaping illness numbers, but health officials worry if the proposed bans will have any effect on teen addicts.…
New York health officials say vitamin E acetate, a supplement, may be responsible for vaping pulmonary illness and has been found in nearly all vaping samples taken from sick individuals who admitted using cannabis-related products.…
Following new laws in New York and New Jersey, which extend the statute of limitations for sexual abuse lawsuits, Boys Scouts of America faces a growing number of claims over failure to protect children from known predators. Similar legislation in other states provide individuals abused in prior decades to hold individuals and organizations enabling the conduct responsible.…
Hundreds of child sex abuse lawsuits were filed in New York on the first day of a law which extends the statute of limitations for such cases and suspends them for an entire year.…
A new study finds that evidence-based protocols for sepsis detection and treatment led to a significant reduction in patient deaths from the infections in New York hospitals.…
A lawsuit accuses Starbucks stores in Manhattan of using toxic pest strips that endanger the health of customers and employees.…
The government may step in if states continue to allow too many vaccination exemptions, which is believed to be causing a growing number of measles cases, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warns.…
The statute of limitations on criminal and civil child sex abuse charges were extended by new legislation signed into law on Thursday, giving victims until much later in life to bring charges.…
Procter & Gamble is protesting provisions in proposed legislation in New York that would add new requirements to its Tide Pods and other laundry detergent packets to prevent child poisoning incidents.…
Testing reveals that most schools in New York City have one or more water outlets that can give off high levels of lead, potentially putting children at risk for lead poisoning.…
