Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/61NZQYMTUt8

The CPSC and Mockingbird LLC are recalling Mockingbird Single-to-Double Strollers.  This stroller’s frame may crack causing child occupants to fall with scratches, cuts, and bruising.  The affected lot #s including those between 20091 and 22602.  About 149,000 of these strollers were sold at Target stores nationwide and online at hellomockingbird.com, babylist.com, goodbuygear.com and target.com.  Immediately discontinue use of these strollers. Contact Mockingbird at 1-877-274-3240 or via email at[email protected] to receive a free frame reinforcement kit.  

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Mockingbird-Recalls-Single-to-Double-Strollers-Due-to-Fall-Hazard

#mockingbird #stroller #singletodouble #frame #injury #children #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/VCdjQGQbR-w

The FDA and Nestlé USA are recalling Nestlé Toll House Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Tubs.  Three batches of the dough were found to have soft plastic film in them.  Ingestion of this material is a choking hazard.  The affected product has batch codes of 22135554RR, 22145554RR, and 22155554RR with Best By dates of 1/28-30/2023.  No other NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE products, including other varieties of Edible cookie dough or Ready-to-Bake cookie dough are affected.  If you purchased one of the affected cookie dough tubs, return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  For more information, call Nestlé USA at 1-800-681-1678.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/nestle-usa-announces-voluntary-recall-limited-quantity-edible-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-tubs

#nestlé #chocolatechip #cookie #dough #foreignbodies #plastic #choking #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ZY5kWoKb4Gw

The FDA and the Kalera Public Limited Company are recalling Kalera Fresh Lettuce Products.  These lettuce products are contaminated with salmonella.  This bacterium causes serious and sometimes life-threatening gastroenteritis and systemic infections in the very young, in older frail persons,  and in those with weakened immune systems.  This lettuce was sold exclusively in Florida.  If you bought this product, don’t consume it but rather discard it carefully.  For a refund or additional information about this recall, contact Kalera at 1-407-574-8204.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/kalera-voluntarily-recalls-fresh-lettuce-products-because-possible-health-risk

#kalera #lettuce #florida #salmonella #infection #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/yYUWmEXQBfM

The FDA and Adam’s Polishes, LLC are recalling Adam’s Polishes Hand Sanitizer.  This 75% isopropyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer is contaminated with methanol.  Anyone accidentally consuming the product is at risk for methanol poisoning with coma, seizures, permanent blindness, permanent damage to the central nervous system, or death.  The product is sold in spray bottles for the 4oz, 8oz and 16oz sizes and in gallon jugs.  If you bought this product, stop using it and store it out of reach of children.  Visit the Adam’s Polishes website at adamspolishes.com to check if your lot number is part of the recall.  If so, dispose of the product according to local regulations.  To obtain a product credit, send a picture of your bottle with the lot number to [email protected].  For more information, call the company at 1-720-812-3460.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/adams-polishes-llc-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-hand-sanitizer-due-potential-contamination

#adamspolishes #handsanitizer #methanol #poisoning #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Q2LPbUyhCsg

The FDA and Comercializadora PepsiCo are recalling Gamesa Arcoiris (ARCO-IL-IS) Marshmallow Cookies.  This product is contaminated with salmonella.  This bacterium causes serious and sometimes life-threatening gastroenteritis and systemic infections in the very young, in older frail persons, and in those with weakened immune systems.  The affected product bears best before markings of 28MAR23, 5MY228001, 28MAR23, and 6MY128101.  The product was sold in California and Texas.  If you purchased these cookies, don’t consume them.  For additional information about disposal and refunds, contact Gamesa Consumer Relations at 1-877-842-6372.  

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/comercializadora-pepsico-s-de-rl-de-cv-issues-voluntary-recall-gamesar-arcoiris-marshmallow-cookies

#gamesa #marshmallowcookies #salmonella #infection #gastroenteritis #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/InVFescGAIw

The FDA and Seven Seas International USA, LLC are recalling Giant Food Private Label Sockeye Smoked Salmon.  This fish is contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.  This bacterium causes serious and sometimes life-threatening infections in the very young, in older frail persons,  and in those with weakened immune systems.  It can also trigger miscarriages and stillbirths.  About 540 cases of the salmon were sold at Giant Food stores in Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Delaware.  The affected lot # is R4132.  If you purchased this tainted salmon, return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.  If you require more information about this recall, phone Seven Seas International at 1–888-627-5668.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/seven-seas-international-usa-llc-voluntarily-recalls-giant-food-private-label-wild-caught-alaskan

#giant #salmon #listeria #infection #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/oh_JQiPfRDM

I told you about an RSV vaccine for prospective moms that protects their newborn infants.  Now AstraZeneca and Sanofi have partnered to create, test, and market a drug that squelches newborn RSV infections after they occur.  The new pharmaceutical, the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab, blocks RSV’s fusion protein so that the virus cannot enter human cells and replicate.  Branded as Beyfortus, the antibody has a long life that permits it last the entire RSV season and protect for the first 6 months of life.  The drug has received marketing authorization from the European Commission and will likely receive the same from the FDA and CDC.

https://medcitynews.com/2022/11/astrazeneca-sanofi-win-european-nod-for-rsv-preventing-drug-for-infants/

#rsv #monoclonal #antibody #nirsevimab #beyfortus #europeanunion

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/-DYHjyQ5S3g

A full 78% of US hospitals and healthcare systems complain that their relationships with commercial health insurers are tanking.  The chief culprit: mandatory pre-authorizations for surgery, imaging, lab testing, and pharmaceuticals.  Ninety-five percent of hospitals resent wasting ever-increasing time and money dealing with these pre-auths.  Why a waste?  Nearly two-thirds of pre-auth denials are overturned.  Another pet peeve: denials of payment for hospital services half of which are eventually overturned.  Bottom line: we need a better system for maintaining quality without wasting so much tine and effort.

https://medcitynews.com/2022/11/aha-78-of-hospitals-say-experience-with-commercial-insurers-is-worsening/

#preauthorizations #healthinsurance #hospital #denials #claims

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/y3sdEzZzi28

A full 74% of surveyed women want over-the-counter oral contraceptives available without a prescription.  Most of those who answered no don’t use birth control pills now and don’t plan using them in the future.  This result stems from the latest Kaiser Family Foundation’s Women’s Health Survey of 5201 women.   By the way, both the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists favor prescription-less oral contraception.  Women favor this availability for convenience, confidentiality, cost-saving, and speed.

https://medcitynews.com/2022/11/kff-77-of-women-are-in-favor-of-over-the-counter-birth-control-pills/

#over-the-counter #birthcontrol #contraceptives #prescription #womenshealth

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Hx6vlbgavIc

MIT engineers in collaboration with Harvard’s Brigham & Women’s investigators are developing surgically-implantable materials that can be literally dissolved when no longer needed.  Metals including aluminum become brittle and disintegrate when exposed to gallium.  The research team has shown that aluminum staples will dissolve within minutes when coated with a gallium-indium liquid.  The gallium compound is non-toxic.  This same concept could be used to develop dissolvable stents and medication-carrying capsules.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202208227

#staples #stents #metal #embrittlement #galliumindium #aluminum