McDonald’s Quarter Pounder E. coli problems end as FDA closes investigation into onion-linked outbreak

The US government announced on Tuesday that it had closed the investigation into E. coli outbreak attached to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers after it was determined that there was no longer a safety risk. The outbreak, which was first published on October 22sickened at least 104 people in 14 states, including 34 who were hospitalized,…

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Former SmileDirectClub customers may be entitled to a refund of $4.8 million recovered from the shuttered company

Attorney General of New York Letitia James announced that her office recovered $4.8 million for distribution nationwide to more than 28,000 consumers. SmileDirectClub illegally billed those customers after it went out of business, James said. “Dental care is expensive and SmileDirectClub promised customers they would provide affordable, quality care without a price tag, but instead,…

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FBI tells telecom companies to beef up network security after massive Chinese hacking campaign

Federal authorities on Tuesday urged telecommunications companies to step up network security in the aftermath widespread Chinese hacking campaign which gave officials in Beijing access to the private messages and telephone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. The guidelines issued by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are intended to root…

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