Vaping-Lung Deaths Rise Again as Culprit Remains Elusive October 18, 2019 By Robert Langreth The number of people killed or sickened by lung injuries linked to vaping increased again in the past week, with...
J&J to Pay $117 Million in Nationwide Pact Over Vaginal Mesh October 18, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $117 million to settle 41 states’ claims that it misrepresented the risks of vaginal-mesh...
Intel Says It Will Share Pay Data Most Companies Keep Secret October 18, 2019 By Jeff Green and Paige Smith Intel Corp. says it will publicly release employee pay data, broken down by race and gender later this year. For...
SmileDirect Claims California Dentist Conspiracy Harmed Business October 18, 2019 By John Tozzi and Janet Freund SmileDirectClub Inc., which sells clear orthodontic aligners, alleges dentists who serve on a regulatory board in California conspired to hurt...
J&J Recalls Lot of Baby Powder After Asbestos Trace Found October 18, 2019 By Riley Griffin and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson is recalling one lot of its Johnson’s Baby Powder after tiny amounts of asbestos contamination were found...
WCRI Report Shows Wide Variety in How States Control Work Comp Medical Costs October 18, 2019 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used....
Western Governors Want Nuclear Testing Compensation Expanded October 17, 2019 By Keith Ridler BOISE, Idaho — Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and...
Earthquake Probed As Possible Cause of California Fuel Fire October 17, 2019 CROCKETT, Calif. — Officials were trying to determine Wednesday if a 4.5 magnitude earthquake triggered an explosion at a fuel...
Boeing 737 Max Victims’ Lawyers to Subpoena Southwest, American Airlines October 17, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO — Lawyers representing families of passengers killed in a Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia in March are set...
New Pratt Engine Checks After Swiss A220 Diverts To Paris October 17, 2019 PARIS/VIENNA — Pratt & Whitney recommended checks on engines on Airbus A220 aircraft and some Embraer jets after a Geneva-bound...