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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Only 39% of U.S. hospitals follow best practices to curb antibiotic overuse
A little more than one-third of acute care hospitals in the U.S. adhere to best practices to promote appropriate use of antibiotics, according to a new report.
An analysis of more than 4,100 U.S. acute-care hospitals recently published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found that 39% had an antibiotics stewardship program that met all...
Listeria outbreak triggers frozen food recall
A Listeria scare has triggered a massive recall at hundreds of grocery stores nationwide.
The recall includes 382 frozen fruits and vegetables sold under 42 different brand names at stores including Trader Joe's, Safeway, Walmart (Great Value brand), Costco (Kirkland brand), and others.
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Why Medical Devices Aren’t Safer
Things sometimes go wrong with airbags, food and drugs, prompting recalls. It can also happen with medical devices, though you’d think lifesaving devices like heart defibrillators or artificial hips would be closely monitored.
But the data needed to systematically and rapidly identify dangerous medical devices are...
Texas Teen Is 10th U.S. Fatality Linked to Takata Air Bag
A 10th person has died in a crash in the U.S. involving a ruptured Takata Corp. air-bag inflator, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
A 17-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in a March 31 crash in Fort Bend County, Texas, NHTSA said in an e-mailed statement Wednesday. Worldwide, 11 deaths have...
Sugary Drinks, ‘Bad’ Carbs Tied to Breast, Prostate Cancers
Cook Medical recalls select single lumen caths
Cook Medical is recalling 360 lots of its single lumen central venous catheters, pressure monitoring sets and trays due to issues with catheter tip fracture and separation.
A total of 17,872 devices are subject to the recall, according to Cook, who said it began notifying customers and...
Expense for Takata Air-Bag Recall
Daimler AG said recalling about 841,000 vehicles to fix potentially defective Takata Corp. air bags will cost the German automaker about 340 million euros ($384 million) and cut into the profit it reported last week for 2015.
The automaker will repair about 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans, according to a company statement. The...
FDA Approves Fixes for Olympus Scope Linked to Infections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a modified version of a device manufactured by Olympus Corp. that was linked to so-called superbug infections.
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Senate Report Says FDA Fails to Ensure Medical Devices Are Safe
America’s system for ensuring that medical devices are safe failed at every turn when dirty endoscopes began spreading deadly superbugs, according to a Senate investigation released today.
The report, from Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, blames device manufacturers, hospitals, and the Food and Drug Administration
