Cotton swabs send dozens of kids to ER daily A new study from a children's hospital has one clear takeaway: Kids should stop cleaning their ears with cotton applicators.

Cotton Swabs Send Thousands of Kids to the ER Every Year New research from Nationwide Children’s Hospital shows that around 12,500 kids are treated in US hospital emergency departments each year for injuries caused by cotton tip applicators. That’s about 34 each day. In most cases, the swabs were used Read more ... for cleaning, but as this study shows, it’s simply not...

Lawsuit says Uber ripped off drivers, paying them smaller fares than what passengers paid A lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Uber of short-changing drivers by paying them a set percentage of shorter trips than they actually take.

Millions of drivers in the dark over new £2,500 speeding fines New powers to crack down on speeding drivers come into force next week – but millions of motorists are unaware of penalties which could see drivers fined one and a half times their weekly take-home pay.

Lawmakers support creating task force to study impaired driving by marijuana users The California Highway Patrol would form a task force to develop methods for identifying when drivers are impaired by marijuana or prescription drugs, under legislation that moved forward on Tuesday.

Nickelback for drunk drivers

Going My Way? Uber Drivers Can Now Set A Destination And Pick Up Riders Headed There Uber drivers can now pick up riders headed in the same direction as them.Drivers traveling across town or from San Francisco to Palo Alto had to pick up rides near them with no guarantee they'd get one going back to where they came from. That caused Read more ... a lot of consternation among drivers who had to eat the miles with no riders just to get back home. The new feature allows drivers to set a destination, and Uber will then filter requests so only those going in that direction will be shown as possible fares. This applies to destinations across town as well as outside the 7x7 of SF, including San Jose, Berkeley and Marin. The gives drivers the ability to pick up rides along their morning commute, or keep it in SF if they don't want to leave the city. The destination feature is only available to drivers in Silicon Valley for ...

NYC subway germs reflect their neighborhoods By Andrew M. Seaman The germs that call New York City’s subways, parks and waterways home are often a reflection of the people who live there and the events that affect daily life, a new study shows. “You can see a molecular echo of what’s left Read more ... behind,” said Christopher Mason, the study’s lead author and a geneticist from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He and his colleagues used nylon swabs to collect DNA from surfaces in New York City’s subways, subway stations, parks and one waterway. Altogether, they analyzed over 10 billion DNA fragments from their swabs.

Suits Seek To Force Lyft And Uber To Treat Drivers As Employees A group of drivers have filed a suit in San Francisco federal court against Lyft and Uber. The drivers contend that they are misclassified as independent contractors and should treated and classifi...

Suits Seek To Force Lyft And Uber To Treat Drivers As Employees A group of drivers have filed a suit in San Francisco federal court against Lyft and Uber. The drivers contend that they are misclassified as independent contractors and should treated and classified as employees of the companies. Jose A. Iglesias/Mi Read more ... ami Herald / MCT Lyft and Uber are facing…