Concern grows over impact of German blood scandal

Concern over safety of SAGM blood.

MiHomecare scandal grows: company underpaying carers and 'clipping' visits in England

[1] In March, Corporate Watch revealed [2] MiHomecare, one of the UK's biggest home care companies, was paying carers in two of its Welsh branches less than the minimum wage by not paying for their travel time, and cutting care visits to elderly and disabled people short. Since then we have been contacted by several carers in Devon and Surrey and have found: MiHomecare has not been paying for t...

Realistic rodents? Debate grows over new mouse models of cancer.

Both the orthotopic and transgenic camps can muster strong theoretical arguments for their respective models. But for all their faults, subcutaneous xenografts remain the standard for cancer drug screening in the pharmaceutical industry. These models are relatively easy to make and simple to use, since tumor growth on the mouse fl ank can be measured with just a pair of calipers. The U.S. Food ...

Rising concern over cosmetic tattoos.

BACKGROUND A rise in popularity of cosmetic tattoos has led to an increase in adverse reactions. Due to more pressing concerns, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not traditionally enforced its authority over tattoo inks. OBJECTIVE To raise awareness of the dangers of cosmetic tattoos. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed FDA policies regarding tattoo ink, different ink components, adv...

Scandal Potential

Despite its importance in contemporary American politics, presidential scandal is poorly understood within political science. Scholars typically interpret scandals as resulting from the disclosure of o cial misbehavior, but the likelihood and intensity of media scandals is also influenced by the political and news context. In this article, I provide a theoretical argument for two independent fa...