Spain has issued a ban on the painkiller Nolotil, also known as metamizole, from being prescribed to British tourists, according to The Local. A recent inquiry has linked the medicine to the deaths of to ten British tourists in the country. The ten tourists reportedly fell ill with agranulosis, which can result in blood poisoning […]
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Trick-or-treating kids at higher risk of traffic deaths, study shows
Pedestrian deaths for children between four and eight years of age are 10 times more likely on Halloween than other nights, researchers say.
Pharmaceutical company charged following baby deaths – police
Pharmaceutical company ITH Pharma Ltd has been charged with a litany of offences following the deaths of babies at a number of British hospitals, police have announced. London-based, ITH Pharma Ltd, is facing criminal charges after allegedly supplying contaminated feed to premature babies. READ MORE: Human body parts among tonnes of waste piled up in NHS […]
Tougher emissions rules helped cut US air pollution deaths in half
There’s little doubt that air quality has generally improved in the US in recent decades, but quantifying that improvement has been difficult. However, a recently published University of North Carolina study might have produced a more tangible figure. The NASA- and EPA-backed report determined that American deaths from air pollution dropped by 47 percent between […]
Avengers 4 DEATHS predicted in Tony Stark Age of Ultron dream? Elizabeth Olsen SPEAKS OUT
Back in 2015, Avengers Age of Ultron saw Scarlet Witch inflict a nightmare on Tony Stark. In the vision Iron Man came across his fellow Avengers dead on a battlefield, with Captain America breathing his last few breaths. Some Marvel fans are wondering if this is a precursor to the original team – who all […]
U.S. traffic deaths fall 3.1 percent in first half of 2018
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Etc.,Safety They fell for 2017, too. Continue reading U.S. traffic deaths fall 3.1 percent in first half of 2018 U.S. traffic deaths fall 3.1 percent in first half of 2018 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of […]
Over 700 children fell out of windows to their deaths this year, ombudsman claims
Russian ombudsman for children’s rights has revealed shocking statistics of fatal incidents involving children and proposed to develop a nationwide program to boost children’s safety in public places. Read more At the Monday press-conference summing up the results of the nationwide Childhood Safety campaign, ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova said that 492 children died in accidents during […]
Avengers 4 deaths: THIS character confirmed alive – Is she part of new reshoots with THOR?
Who will come back from the dead is a major question for Avengers 4. So many heroes died and fans know that at least some of them need to return because they have their own movies lining up. But there was also some key characters absent from Avengers 3, with some of their fates left […]
More than 8,000 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada since 2016
At least 1,036 Canadians died in the first three months of this year due to apparent opioid overdoses, raising the opioid epidemic’s death toll to more than 8,000 people since January 2016, according to newly released government figures.
A child dies every 5 seconds, and most are preventable deaths: UN
An estimated 6.3 million children died before their 15th birthdays in 2017, or one every five seconds, mostly due to a lack of water, sanitation, nutrition and basic health care, according to report by United Nations agencies on Tuesday.
