FDA sends stern warning to Glaxo over contamination at a penicillin plant
GlaxoSmithKline is recalling a “small” number of batches of its Bactroban penicillin following a harsh rebuke from US regulators about contamination at a key plant. The move comes after the US Food and Drug Administration sent a stern warning letter Tuesday to the drug maker about a host of quality-control problems at...
Daimler AG, Ferrari selling some new vehicles with faulty air bags: U.S. Senate report
Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler Vans units and Ferrari NV are among a small group of automakers selling some new vehicles with faulty Takata airbags that will be subject to recalls by the end of 2018, a U.S. Senate report said on Wednesday.
The vehicles are legal to sell since the U.S. National Highway...
Tesla crash won’t cool federal enthusiasm for automated cars, top safety official says
Federal officials will not be thrown off course by the May crash of a partially automated Tesla, a top U.S. road safety official said Wednesday.
The U.S. government will continue pushing for more automation on roads and highways to try to reduce deadly human mistakes behind the wheel, according to Mark Rosekind, head of the...
Takata Settles Airbag Suit, Averting Testimony by Its Chief
The airbag maker Takata on Friday settled a closely watched lawsuit involving the injury and eventual death of a woman whose car crashed in 2014.
The settlement was announced moments before a critical hearing in which a judge in Jacksonville, Fla., could have ordered the company’s chief...
Lawsuit: Exploding e-cigarette battery burns Delaware man
A Bear man received second-degree burns to his leg and had to undergo skin graft surgery after an electronic cigarette battery exploded in his pocket, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Delaware.
George Ayers was walking from his car to his house with his arms full of groceries when one of the two batteries in his front...
Tesla Autopilot Too Much, Too Soon, Consumer Reports Warns
In an unusual move, Consumer Reports has called Tesla's Autopilot "Too Much Autonomy Too Soon" and called on the automaker to disable the hands-free feature until its safety can be improved. The system has come under increased scrutiny in the wake of a fatal May 7 crash in Florida, which U.S. safety regulators are investigating.
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Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisi
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to tackle the nation’s opioid crisis, sending to the president’s desk the most sweeping drug legislation in years in a rare instance of consensus in Congress.
The measure, which passed, 92 to 2, would strengthen prevention, treatment and...
U.S. judge cuts $500 million verdict over J&J hip implants
A U.S. judge has slashed a $500 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy unit over allegedly defective metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants to approximately $151 million.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in the Northern District of Texas said he was compelled to reduce the verdict under a Texas state law limiting...
U.S. Safety Agency Investigates Another Tesla Crash Involving Autopilot
The nation’s top auto safety regulator said on Wednesday that it had begun an investigation of a second crash involving a Tesla Motors car equipped with Autopilot technology, a system designed to let vehicles drive themselves for brief periods.
4 in 10 top-selling sunscreens on Amazon don’t meet dermatologists’ standards, study says
If you want to know which headphones will stay in your ears when you go for a run or which books you should bring to the beach, the customer reviews on Amazon.com can offer helpful advice. But if you’d like to know which sunscreens are best equipped to reduce your risk of
