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This story was reported by FairWarning (www.fairwarning.org), a nonprofit news organization based in Pasadena, Calif., that focuses on public health, consumer and environmental issues.

Posted inConsumer News

Growing calls for FDA to speed approval of quick, at-home coronavirus tests

by Fair Warning August 16, 2020August 16, 2020

By Alexandra Tempus Fair Warning The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is under fire for setting what critics say are near-impossible standards for quick, at-home COVID-19 tests that could provide a breakthrough in stemming the spread of the virus. The rapid home tests are not as accurate as the common lab tests done now, but […]

Posted inChildren's Health

ATV deaths top 15,000 threshold in latest government report

by Fair Warning April 5, 2019April 9, 2019
shows pieces of a cardboard eggcrate covered with roaches. small speckles dot the cardboard.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Bug bombs are duds at killing insects yet may pose harm to people, study finds

by Fair Warning February 8, 2019April 13, 2021
looking through a door, we see a man bent over another person's hand.
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Violence Against Emergency Room Staffers Seen as Increasing

by Fair Warning October 4, 2018September 16, 2022
When consumers walk into many convenience stores, they find walls of products to choose from.
Posted inChildren's Health

San Francisco’s Sweeping Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products Upheld by Voters

by Fair Warning June 6, 2018June 7, 2018
shows older white male holding a folder with a quote next to him that says, "Throat Specialists report: Not one single case of throat irritation due to smoking Camels."
Posted inPublic Health

After a Long Holdout, Tobacco Companies to Issue Mea Culpas

by Fair Warning November 22, 2017November 22, 2017

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