Germs cling to hard-to-clean medical scopes, Swedish and other Providence hospitals find
Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center and 20 other hospitals tested dozens of specialized medical scopes every day for a month — and found bacteria remained even after rigorous cleaning.
Medical scopes used at 21 Providence Health & Services hospitals in Washington and four other states remained contaminated with bacteria even after cleaning — the same problem...
Trial begins in lawsuit over spinal bone cement
SEATTLE (AP) -- The physician who used a non-FDA-approved bone cement during a woman's spinal surgery and the company that ran an illegal test market to promote the dangerous product should be held accountable for her death, a lawyer for the woman's daughter told a jury Monday.
Reba Golden was vibrant and healthy when...
Volkswagen agrees to pay consumers biggest auto settlement in history
Volkswagen will settle its emissions scandal case for $14.7 billion, the largest payout by an automaker to consumers in U.S. history, in an agreement set to be formally announced Tuesday morning, according to two people familiar with the matter.
More than $10 billion of the settlement will go to fix or buy back 475,000 Volkswagens with two-liter...
Takata Deaths May Hit 15 on Honda Malaysia Driver Fatality
Takata Corp. fell after Honda Motor Co. linked its air bag to a fatal accident in Malaysia on Sunday, potentially raising the number of deaths caused by the faulty devices to 15 worldwide
The driver of a 2005 Honda City subcompact died after a crash in the western state of Selangor, Honda’s Malaysia unit said...
Health insurance mega-merger could be dead soon
Anthem Inc., whose $48 billion acquisition of healthcare insurance rival Cigna has run into stiff regulatory headwinds, appears ready to walk away from the deal, The Post has learned.
Anthem Chief Financial Officer John Gallina told a group of 20 analysts earlier that the Indianapolis-based company was working on “remediation plans” that include buying assets...
Volkswagen Faces Long Road Ahead, Even After a Civil Settlement
Even as the warring parties in Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal prepare to offer a peace proposal this week, the German automaker’s travails are far from over.
Taking shape after months of negotiations is a broad settlement agreement, expected to exceed $10 billion, involving Volkswagen, the federal government and a half-million car owners. The provisions are...
Are shifters getting too complicated?
The death of 27-year-old Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin has again thrust an auto recall story into the national spotlight.
It has also brought scrutiny to a once-simple function that has grown more complicated in recent years: shifting a vehicle with an automatic transmission into drive or reverse and back to park or neutral.
Report: VW to pay about $10.2B to settle emissions claims
German automaker Volkswagen Group is expected to deliver a $10 billion settlement to cover government fines and compensate owners of vehicles fitted with software that cheated emissions standards, according to multiple reports.
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In letter to Franken, FDA defends handling of Medtronic’s Infuse study
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is defending a decision to accept more than 1,000 patient injury reports from Medtronic in summary form, years after they were supposed to be submitted.
The FDA responded earlier this month to questions from U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota by saying it took no action against Medtronic for...
Risks Higher for Front-Seat Passengers in Some S.U.V. Crashes, Tests Show
Front-seat passengers in some small sport utility vehicles may not be as well protected as drivers in certain types of crashes, according to recent tests of seven vehicles by the nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The tests, known as small overlap frontal tests, were similar to the kind that the institute conducts by directing...
