Clostridium botulinum is an obligate anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacillus whose primary, native habitat is the soil.[1] The bacterium that thrives in low-oxygen environments and produces botulinum neurotoxin, one of the most lethal biological substances known. While the bacteria themselves are
The Blog has always been interested in off-label use issues. We hope our readers are as well. Here are a couple of recent developments that have nothing in common except that they involve off-label issues.
The first is regulatory. On
In Roggenkamp v. Morgan Stanley Medical Plan, No. 24-7864, 2026 WL 1625357 (9th Cir. June 5, 2026), Plaintiff Roggenkamp sued the Morgan Stanley Medical Plan (“MS Plan”) under ERISA § 502(a), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a), to recover benefits after
Today’s correspondent is seeking advice on privacy laws. They say:
I am a WHS HSR [Work Health and Safety, Health and Safety Representative] and was wanting to get photos made of people who assault paramedics in our area displayed on
Justice Nyaundi of Nairobi’s Milimani High Court on May 29 issued an urgent conservatory order suspending any move to establish the planned US-backed Ebola quarantine center. The conservatory order was granted following a petition by the Katiba Institute, barring
TOE RIVER HEALTH DISTRICT
Avery & Mitchell County Health Departments
Franklin M. Gardner, MPA, REHS – Health Director
Frank Craig, MD & Julia Sherrill, MD – Medical Directors
Joe Miller – Chair, Board of Health
Press Release
Toe River Health
The people who find foodborne outbreaks are being fired, defunded, and disbanded — and the bugs do not care.
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents
Quick Hits
Google’s parent company Alphabet has attracted some attention recently base on its request to release up to 32 million mosquitoes in Florida and California. No, it’s not part of a master plan to annoy people or spread disease. Believe
I have been suing companies over contaminated ground beef for more than thirty years, and I had hoped I would not be writing this kind of alert in 2026. Yet here we are. Nine people in California — most of