Forest Pharmaceuticals pleaded guilty to violating U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laws on 3 counts. The drug in question, Levothroid, was sold to treat hypothyroidism. The 3 counts that Forest Pharmaceuticals pled guilty to include: marketing and distributing an unapproved drug; distribution of a…
Lexington, Kentucky. An Indiana woman died Sunday, July 18, 2010, while riding as a passenger on a motorcycle operated by her husband, and they crashed traveling on Interstate 75 in Lexington. According to the Fayette County Coroner’s Office, passenger Tina Wasserott, 50-year old from Cedar…
Pike County, Kentucky. According to Kentucky State Police, two people died Saturday afternoon, at approximately 2:00 p.m., as a result of a motorcycle wreck that involved a collision with a van while traveling on a Pike County road. The Kentucky State Police have reported that…
Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky. The pilot of a small plane attempting to land in a private field early Saturday was injured when he crashed in the 700 block of Elk Creek Road in Taylorsville at about 9:00 a.m. According to the Spencer County Sheriff’s Office, the…
Kentucky Insurance Commissioner, Sharon Clark, issued an order that will require major health insurers or policy providers, including Humana and Anthem, to explain and defend their decisions to stop offering new child-only policies. According to Clark, there is deep concern about the effect on Kentucky…
Medical malpractice claims are costly, according to a 2008 Health Affairs study which shows that nearly $54.4 billion is spent every year for such claims. In a 2009 study published by Hearst Newspapers, it was estimated that every year in the United States, approximately 200,000…