A North Carolina two-vehicle crash that led to the death of a young mother has resulted in charges for the other driver according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The man was charged with misdemeanor death by a motor vehicle and failure to stop at a stop sign. The accident…
The ABC11 I-Team recently revealed a series of problems with the existing nursing home rating system in North Carolina. The federal government ranks nursing homes on a system ranging from 1-star for the worst to 5-star for the best such facilities. The news station report revealed that almost half of…
It sounds like it’s been a week of bad news for the maker of the birth control drugs Yasmin and Yaz as Bayer AG announced in its most recent financial report that it had agreed to pay a combined $750 million thus far to settle thousands of claims regarding its…
A recent report in the Shelby Star revealed that a woman involved in a weekend car wreck on Polkville Road in Charlotte, NC is still in the trauma unit at Carolinas Medical Center recovering from her injuries. According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, a woman in a car heading North…
According to Fox Charlotte, a CATS bus in Charlotte, NC and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the 1500 block on N. Tryon Street at 10:25 one night earlier this week. The bus was making a left turn from N. Tryon Street onto Dalton Avenue. The 1999 Yamaha…
According to reports, traffic was backed up earlier this week on I-85 in Rowan County, North Carolina between exists 83 and 84 when a UPS truck crashed and a second tractor-trailer crashed on the axle from the first truck. A UPS driver was headed northbound on I-85 early in the…
A company with the same founders as the specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak is recalling all of its products after federal inspectors said it must improve its sterility testing process. Officials with the FDA have said that a routine inspection turned up inadequate quality assurance related…
The recent outbreak of fungal meningitis has many in the medical community desperate to get to the bottom of the cause. Possibilities abound and everyone appears to have a theory. Could it have been some moldy ceiling tiles? What about the dirty shoes of a careless employee? How about a…
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced that the agency launched an investigation concerning five deaths and one non-fatal heart attack linked to consumption of the Monster Energy Drink. The Monster Energy Drink is a heavily caffeinated soda that has grown in popularity in recent years among those eager for…
A tragic accident occurred this week in North Carolina when an emergency responder was killed after an ambulance was involved in a crash with a tractor trailer right in front of a hospital. The incident happened in front of Carolinas Medical Center-Union along U.S. 74 in Monroe, just before 11…