The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) was established to protect public health. Now it's being used against it.

AMY GOODMAN: We’re also joined from Washington, DC, by Jane Houlihan, the vice president for research at the Environmental Working Group and the creator of Skin Deep, which is an online cosmetics ...

The panic over lead-contaminated toys revealed a serious shortcoming in safety efforts: Consumers, particularly parents, lack trusted sources to turn to for detailed information on the safety of the ...

The federal government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System helps researchers collect data on vaccine after-effects and to detect patterns that may warrant a closer look. VAERS is designed as an ...

Medical device safety researchers are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to release hundreds of thousands of hidden injury and malfunction reports related to about 100 medical devices. A ...

An engineering trade group is building a database of safety standards for power supplies. It is the latest attempt to keep engineers updated on such regulations, a task that has been relegated to ...

For decades, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has gathered a trove of complaints about potentially dangerous products, from cribs to Chinese-made drywall. But for the most part, the information ...

New Chronicle tool compiles state inspection reports and flags possible patient-harm incidents. What local patients should ...

A commercial airline pilot en route to San Diego International Airport looks out a window at 10,800 feet and sees a Lockheed S-3 Viking Navy jet coming right at him. "The captain quickly pulled up on ...

Georgia lawmakers won’t move forward with a proposed statewide school safety database that collects information on students who may commit violence. Last month, state House Speaker Jon Burns proposed ...

The latest data reveals an encouraging shift in school safety. The 2024-2025 school year recorded a 22.5% reduction in school shootings compared to the previous year, marking the end of a three-year ...

Update: This story has been updated with a clarification by the Wakashio’s owner, Nagashiki Shipping on 26 November 2020. It appears the Wakashio was a particularly faulty ship. A detailed assessment ...