The House of Representatives approved a decades-old settlement worth $4.6 billion Tuesday that resolves two class-action suits filed against the federal government by black farmers
Privacy Groups Fault Online Health Sites for Sharing User Data With Marketers
QualityHealth is a popular health Web site with more than 20 million registered users that offers online medical information and e-mail newsletters on a variety
Pfizer Loses Appeal of $58 Million Prempro Jury Award
Pfizer Inc. doesn’t deserve a new trial in a Nevada case over the company’s menopause drugs and must pay a $57.6 million jury award to
Children’s Benadryl, Motrin Tablets Recalled
Johnson & Johnson, the maker of health care products, has recalled about four million packages of cherry- and grape-flavored Children’s Benadryl allergy tablets and about
FDA pulls Darvon painkiller due to safety risks
The maker of the painkiller Darvon is pulling the drug off the market at the request of public health officials who say the more than
Johnson & Johnson accused of hiding risks of antibiotic Levaquin
Johnson & Johnson knew its antibiotic Levaquin increased the risk of tendon damage and failed to properly warn patients or doctors, a lawyer said today
Ex-Glaxo Executive Is Charged in Drug Fraud
In a rare move, the Justice Department on Tuesday announced that it had charged a former vice president and top lawyer for the British drug
Costly, unsafe dialysis leads to thousands of premature deaths in the U.S.
U.S. kidney dialysis patients face one of the highest death rates outside of the third world, even though U.S. taxpayers spend more than any other
FDA Issues Another Serious Infusion Pump Recall
WASHINGTON — The FDA has issued a class I recall — its strictest — for Symbiq infusion pumps because device failure may prevent patients from
