Posts tagged children

• A CVS in New Jersey Accidentally Gave Children Breast Cancer Meds

  Mike Ferrara | March 11, 2012 6:32 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A CVS in Chatham, New Jersey has admitted to accidentally giving dozens of children the breast cancer medication taxomifen instead of the fluoride pills they had been prescribed, for a period of...

• 2010 is Worst Year in History for Child and Infant Heat Deaths in Cars

  Camryn Hansen | October 03, 2010 8:06 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Tragically, KidsAndCars.org has reported that 2010 has already been the worst year in history for children and infants dying after being left in hot vehicles. Only three quarters through...

• 85 Percent of Kids’ Drinks Contain Unsafe Levels of Lead

  Camryn Hansen | July 02, 2010 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A shocking new study by the California-based nonprofit Environmental Law Foundation has found that more than 85% of fruit juices and other drinks marketed to kids—including organic...

• Toddler falls from unprotected window in Newark Apartment

  Kate Reilly | September 08, 2009 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsNewark, NJ Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  A Labor Day weekend accident led to the hospitalization of a 3-year-old child from Newark, NJ after he fell from a second-story window at his family apartment located on Columbia Avenue. The family...

• Flu Season Looms: Vaccine is Now Recommended for Most Children

  Mike Ferrara | September 18, 2008 8:36 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  This flu season, the federal government is recommending flu vaccines for all children aged 6 months to 18 years. Previously, vaccines were recommended only to children under age 5, who are...