Heparin

China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.

Stop the Toxic Trade Profit Cycle Killing Americans

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.27.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

In the realm of free trade, what comes around goes around. American families lose their jobs when multinationals dismantle U.S. factories and lose a child when poisoned products are imported to the U.S.

Dennis Quaid Testifies About Twins' Overdose On Capitol Hill

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment


WASHINGTON — Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mix-up in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 t...

Tainted Heparin Found In 11 Countries

New York Times | Gardiner Harris | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business


A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear...

More Good News For Lawyers

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Deaths from allergic reactions to the blood thinner heparin have risen to 62, up from 19 a month ago. This news, disturbing to just about everybody, was reported widely yesterday, and did not go unnoticed in the one sector that might find it reason for a bit of grim good cheer.

FDA: Heparin Problems' Cause Unknown

AP | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — U.S. inspectors found some mostly procedural problems at a Chinese factory that supplied the main ingredient for the recalled blood...

Dennis Quaid's Newborn Twins In Accidental Overdose Nightmare

AP | Posted 11.20.2007 | Entertainment


The newborn twins of Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, were reportedly given an accidental overdose of blood thinner at a hospital. The celebrity ...