Laxative Drug MiraLAX Side Effect Reports Include Brain Dysfunction in Children
In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a grant of nearly $325,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to study the side effects of the osmotive laxative MiraLAX in children. The call for this investigation came after thousands of parents filed MiraLAX related adverse reaction reports and the advocacy group the […]
Bird Flu Outbreak in Oregon Leads to Mass Euthanization of Poultry
In November 2023, Oregon’s commercial poultry farm businesses experienced the first avian (bird) influenza outbreak in the state. In response to the outbreak, the state’s Department of Agriculture reported that approximately 800,000 chickens were euthanized.1 The two commercial poultry operations affected by bird flu were located in Linn and Marion counties in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. […]