A photographer died after he was hit by a motorist after taking pictures of a car belonging to Justin Bieber.

On New Year’s Day, Christopher J. Guerra, 29, was taking pictures of a Ferrari registered to Beiber involved in a traffic stop. The vehicle was on the side ofL.A.’s Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center Drive exit of the 405 freeway. Beiber was not in the car at the time of the traffic stop.

Guerra was heading back to his vehicle after being told repeatedly by Police to leave the area. Around 5:50 p.m., the photographer was hit by a 2007 Toyota Highlander that was heading south.

Guerra was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. The 69-year-old driver of the Highlander is cooperating with police.

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The maker of a generic brand of Lipitor has recalled the drug after some batches were found to contain glass particles.

Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., discovered the problem with certain lots of 10-, 20- and 40-milligram doses of the drug, known generically as atorvastatin calcium. The 80-milligram dosage does not appear to be affected. The drug is a generic version of Lipitor which is used to control cholesterol.

Ranbaxy did not state how the problem was discovered nor did it report any injuries connected to the tainted medication. The company is currently conducting an investigation which it expects to take two weeks to complete.

Ranbaxy already is under tighter scrutiny because of problems with deficiencies in manufacturing that were discovered in a 2008 investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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As the number of deaths from the tainted steroids used for back pain treatment rise, it is reported that the state of Indiana knew about the problems with the steroids before notifying the public about problems with the product.

Over the weekend it was reported that the total number of people who have died from a rare form of meningitis is at 25. The illness is caused by a steroid that was tainted with the fungus where it originated in a Massachusetts lab. Specific lots of steroids that came from the New England Compounding Center on or after May 21 were used to treat patients suffering back pain contained the illness-causing fungus.

Eighteen states in all have been affected by the tainted medication. There are a total of 338 cases reported so far: 331 of the fungal meningitis and 7 of joint infections.

Associated Press reported that the State of Indiana was informed of the problems with the steroids on September 28^th with an email from the CDC (Center for Disease Control). But it would take until October 1st before State Health officials began telling the six medical clinics of the potential risk of the steroids. While the clinics began speaking or emailing their patients, known cases were not reported till October 4^th. The State agency finally made it known to the public on October 4^th, nearly a week after the agency first learned of the problem with the steroid medication.

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More cases have been reported in the bacterial Meningitis outbreak that stemmed from an injected steroid.

As of Monday morning, CNN stated there are more cases of a rare fungal meningitis caused by a tainted batch of steroid than previously announced. Officials in 23 states are working to notify thousands of patients who received the steroid to treat back pain.

Eight people in four states (Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia and Maryland) have died from the illness. There have been a total of 91 cases reported so far with confirmed cases also located in Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina and Ohio.

These cases have been traced back to three lots of methylprednisolone acetate that came from a lab at New England Compounding Center in Farmington, Massachusetts. The lab has suspended all operations and surrendered its license until an investigation can be completed. They have also voluntarily recalled all products made at their lab.

Fungal Meningitis can not be passed from person-to-person. Persons who have been injected with the steroid may show symptoms 1 to 4 weeks later. Symptoms may include a fever, a new or increasingly worse headache, nausea as well as symptoms consistent with a deep brain stroke.

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The Justice Department of the United States announced that GlaxoSmithKline LLC has agreed to pay a $3 Billion fine as well as plead guilty to promoting two of their drugs for unapproved uses and failing to disclose safety information with a third drug.

In a practice known as off-label marketing, prosecutors stated that GlaxoSmithKline promoted the drug Paxil for treating children with depression from April 1998 to August 2003 despite Paxil being approved only for people over the age of 18.

The company also promoted Wellbutrin for weight loss, sexual dysfunction, substance addictions and attention deficit disorder from the period of January 1999 to December 2003. However, Wellbutrin is only approved for treatment of major depressive disorder.

The Justice Department further reported that the corporation did not report safety issues with the diabetes drug, Avandia, between 2001 and 2007 after problems were discovered in certain post-marketing studies and two studies on the cardiovascular safety of the drug.

The fine will be the largest to be paid by any drug company. The guilty plea and sentence must be approved by the federal court in Massachusetts. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole stated the company will be monitored by government officials for the next five years to ensure compliance.

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One million packs of birth control have been recalled by Pfizer after it was found that there was a packaging error that increases the risk of pregnancy.

The affected products include the Lo/Ovral-28 tablets, and its generic forms, with the expiration date between July 2013 and March 2014. The products were distributed throughout the U.S. to pharmacies, clinics and warehouses.

The packages are supposed to include 21 hormone tablets and seven inactive pills that must be taken in order to prevent pregnancy from occurring. The recalled packs had either too few or too many hormone pills. A spokesperson for the company has said that that the issue has now been fixed.

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