Subaru warns 48,500 near-new cars could lose steering
Subaru ordered its dealers to stop selling two key models Thursday because of a defect that could result in the loss of steering.
The Japanese automaker says it is recalling 48,500 new and near new cars because drivers potentially could lose control if they have the defect. Of those, about 22,000 are in customer's...
E. coli outbreak that infected 9 at UCH occurred over seven weeks
Nearly half the patients treated in seven weeks with a suspect scope at University of Colorado Hospital developed the same dangerous infection, state health officials reported Tuesday.
Three of those patients later died.
The one-page Colorado Department of Health and Environment report shows the department learned of the problem on Feb. 1, when...
Exclusive: Patient safety issues prompt leadership shake-up at NIH hospital
The National Institutes of Health is overhauling the leadership of its flagship hospital after an independent review concluded that patient safety had become “subservient to research demands” on the agency’s sprawling Bethesda campus.
The shake-up at the NIH Clinical Center, which was announced to staff Tuesday, represents the most significant restructuring at the nation’s premier...
Surgical tool used at University Hospital linked to infections, deaths
Nine University of Colorado Hospital patients developed infections and three of them later died after undergoing surgeries with a medical device suspected of causing fatal infections nationally.
The instrument, an Olympus Medical System Corp. duodenoscope, is inserted down the throats of patients to perform difficult and sometimes life-saving surgeries. But it has proved difficult to...
Takata Recalls Seen Rising to 118.5 Million Air Bags Worldwide
Takata Corp.’s air bag recalls may increase to 118.5 million worldwide after last week’s order by U.S. regulators compounded the biggest safety crisis in the history of the auto industry, according to estimates by Jefferies Group LLC.
Japan’s transport ministry and carmakers in other markets will probably follow the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in...
Doctor reveals horrors that make this hospital dangerous for kids
My fellow student physician was working a typical 12-hour shift when a panicked father ran into the pediatric clinic holding his son, who was limp and almost gray.
His pulse was frighteningly slow and he wasn’t breathing.
The father was Middle Eastern and couldn’t tell my fellow doctor-in-training what was wrong. There was no translator. The...
FDA backs off recall of Ivyland firm’s scope-cleaning machines linked to outbreaks
The Food and Drug Administration has dropped a recall of about 2,800 scope-cleaning machines in use at hospitals and clinics nationwide despite a finding by a top agency scientist last year that the action was "necessary to protect public health."
The FDA had ordered the equipment off the market in...
Rule on Arbitration Would Restore Right to Sue Banks
The nation’s consumer watchdog is unveiling a proposed rule on Thursday that would restore customers’ rights to bring class-action lawsuits against financial firms, giving Americans major new protections and delivering a serious blow to Wall Street that could cost the industry billions of dollars.
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Takata Airbag Recall Is Said to Grow by 35 Million
Regulators are expected to announce as early as Wednesday that at least 35 million additional airbags made by Takata will need to be fixed, according to a person briefed on the matter. This would more than double what is already the largest automotive recall in American history.
J&J Faces 1,000 More Talc-Cancer Suits After Verdict Loss
Johnson & Johnson must pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the company’s talcum powder in the second such trial loss this year.
J&J is accused in more than 1,000 lawsuits in state and federal courts of ignoring studies linking its Shower-to-Shower product and Johnson’s Baby Powder to...
