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Two young women who received the cervical cancer vaccine, marketed as Gardasil, died days after being administered the vaccine. These deaths are causing some in the U.K. to question next years plan to have thousands of school aged girls receive the vaccine. The two women who died were given the vaccine in Germany and Austria and their names have not been released.The two deaths follow the...

Keystone Manufacturing Co. and QVC, in conjunction with the CPSC, are recalling about 32,000 Cook's Essentials Convection Ovens with Pull-Out Rotisserie and Deni Convection Ovens with Rotisserie because of fire and electrical shock hazards.Wires behind the control panel can overheat, posing fire and electric shock hazards. QVC has received 49 reports of incidents, including five minor burns,...

The Los Angeles Salad Company in conjunction with the FDA is recalling the company's "Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots" with a Sell By date code up to August 16, 2007. The named product has been recalled because the carrots have been found to be contaminated with the bacteria Shigella.The baby carrots were sold under two labels: the first is "Los Angeles Salad Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots", distributed...

The Thoratec TLC-II Portable Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Driver has been recalled by the FDA and the Thoratec Corporation because the VAD support for the patient's circulatory system may fail. A Ventricular assist device is a mechanical pump that assists a person's heart that is too weak to pump blood throughout the body itself. The VAD is used to give sufficient blood flow to the damaged...

Avandia, a drug used to treat type II diabetes, may receive a warning label that displays the increased risks of bone fracture found in a new study. Two tests demonstrated a link between the drug and broken bones in the hands and feet of women. It was found that men who used the drug for longer than 16 months had lower bone mineral density in their spine and hips than before taking...

A wanted man hiding in a crawl space beneath a house was flushed from his hiding space by a police dog, on Tuesday, and is now being treated at a Des Moines hospital for a dog bite.The man, 43, of Des Moines, hiding in a crawl space, didn't respond when officers told him to come out. Officers then proceeded to spray pepper spray into the area and still the man did not respond. After two failed...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Cardinal Distributing Co., announced a voluntary recall of 900,000 children's charm bracelets and necklaces. The paint on the jewelry contains high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested by small children, which can cause adverse health effects. To date, there have been no injuries reported. Consumers should immediately stop...

A clothes dryer that was found inside a townhouse where a man and his baby were killed had allegedly been stolen from the next-door unit, likely causing a gas leak that led to a deadly fire and explosion.Investigators are still trying to figure out how the dryer ended up in the man's home, killing him in a fiery explosion last Wednesday at 3:00am. The fire destroyed four public housing unites...

According to a dispatcher with the Jasper County Sheriff's office, one person has been transported by helicopter to the hospital after suffering injuries in a car accident at approximately 7:40 p.m. this evening.The one-vehicle crash left the driver of the car trapped beneath the car. The person's name has not been released, pending family notification and he was transported to Iowa Methodist...

After a slip and fall accident in the men's room of Burger King, the man has filed a lawsuit.On September 11, 2005, the men went to the restroom and crossed the room to get to the sink when he slipped and fell on the floor. He reached with his arms to try and brace himself but he lost his balance and struck the wall with his shoulder.He suffered a shoulder injury and lower back pain along with...