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Misleading drug info: Feds crack down but will it stop?
5:30PM 9/21/2009
Company News, Health Care, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Sanofi Aventis
A popular eyelash-enhancing drug's promotional materials are raising eyebrows among federal regulators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Allergan (AGN) about what the agency says is misleading information on its website for Latisse, a prescription cosmetic drug that lengthens,...
Blind to have easier time shopping at Target
3:30PM 5/15/2009
Blind people who do their shopping at Target stores are about to have an easier time at the checkout counter.Target announced Friday that it is adding tactile keypads to its checkout terminals at all of its California stores by December, and at its stores nationwide by the end of 2010.The tactile...
New Braille silver dollar: Feel the love...for $11
3:30PM 7/03/2008
The U.S. Mint has unveiled a prototype of the first U.S. coin to feature readable Braille characters, the 2003 Alabama state quarter also featured Braille, but in small print. This silver dollar coin will debut in 2009 and features Louis Braille, who invented Braille, on the head side of the coin....
Animals & Money: New ADA rules could make service animals more expensive
9:00AM 6/28/2008
Tax, healthcare, Travel, Crime
The Attorney General proposed some new updates wants to update the American Disabilities Act this month. The changes were greeted mostly as a boon--a potentially expensive one--to disabled people. One provision of the law actually cuts back on accomodations of people who use service animals. The...
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