Off the Shelf: Continuing its crackdown on unapproved drugs, the FDA ordered about 500 cough, cold and allergy remedies off the market, the WSJ reports. None of the drugs are top-sellers. The agency says it has received few complaints about side effects but that it is concerned about overdoses if products intended to be time-released instead deliver the entire dose of the active ingredient at once, the paper says.
Who’s Minding Grandma?: One in 20 nursing-home employees has at least one criminal conviction, and 92% of facilities employ at least one person with such a conviction, the New York Times reports. That’s the word from HHS’s inspector general, who used FBI records to check on the names of 35,000 nursing-home workers. There’s no federal law requiring a criminal background check for potential employees, while state policies vary.
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