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U.S. Marshals seize drugs from Grover Beach business

Written on 4 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

U.S. Marshals today seized more than 100 cases of products labeled as containing the dangerous and unapproved ingredient Kratom from Kratom Therapy in Grover Beach. The seized products are worth approximately $150,000. The products were distributed by Nature Therapeutics LLC,... (Continue reading)

FDA partially overturns ban on gays donating blood

Written on 21 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

The Food and Drug Administration is doing away with a 32-year-old policy of prohibiting men who have ever had sex with another from donating blood. On Monday, the FDA announced a new policy that allows gay and bisexual men to... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach Diagnostic Center accreditation revoked

Written on 2 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked Coastal Diagnostic Center in Pismo Beach’s accreditation and is asking women who had mammograms at the facility after February 24, 2013 to consider having their mammograms re-evaluated. After issues with several people who... (Continue reading)

Parents of UC Santa Barbara students want meningitis vaccine

Written on 23 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

After four University of California, Santa Barbara students contracted meningitis B, parents are questioning why their children are not able to get the vaccine which was made available to students at Princeton. [ABCNews] Even though the U.S. Centers for Disease... (Continue reading)