Jul 10 James Lewis, suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, dies at 76 By Associated Press The suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area and triggered a nationwide scare has died, police confirmed on Monday. Continue reading
Sep 29 How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication By Dr. Howard Markel Early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1982, a tragic, medical mystery began with a sore throat and a runny nose. It was then that Mary Kellerman, a 12-year-old girl from Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago, told her… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch FDA Panel Recommends Ban on Popular Painkillers A doctor assesses a new FDA panel recommendation for a ban on such popular painkillers as Vicodin, Percocet and other drugs containing acetaminophen. Continue watching
Jul 01 FDA Panel Urges Restrictions on Acetaminophen By PBS News Hour A Food and Drug Administration panel on Tuesday called for greater restrictions on the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen -- even recommending banning some medications that contain it -- in a bid to prevent potentially harmful overdoses. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch Other News: Markets Slip on Consumer Confidence Data In other news, U.S. stocks fell after an unexpected decline in consumer confidence, and the F.D.A. may seek to ban certain common painkillers. Continue watching
Oct 11 Drug Makers Pull Infant Cold Medicines By PBS News Hour Drug makers on Thursday voluntarily pulled several children's nonprescription cold medicines off the market less than two weeks after government regulators warned of possible health risks to infants. Continue reading