Health Care

Eight months after General Motors began recalling more than 2 million cars because of a deadly ignition-switch defect, less than half the owners have gotten their vehicles fixed.

Chrysler is recalling more than 31,000 full-size commercial vans to fix a problem with the headrests.

General Motors is recalling more than 60,000 vehicles in North America, the latest round of recalls this year for the automaker.

Separate brands of children's hooded sweatshirts that pose a strangulation hazard and children's sneakers with a piece that poses a choking hazard are among this week's recalled consumer products.

General Motors announced two more recalls, pushing its total for the year to more than 70, affecting almost 30 million vehicles in North America.

Two Durham-based pharmaceutical companies said Friday they'll add several hundred jobs in North Carolina through the rest of the decade.

Toys R Us is recalling about 19,000 pairs of children's sandals decorated with butterfly wings because those wings can detach, creating a choking hazard.

General Motors is recalling more than 117,000 vehicles from the 2013 and 2014 model years for a defect that could cause them to stall.

The maker of the much-debated painkiller Zohydro is seeking approval of a harder-to-abuse version of its drug which, if approved, could replace the currently marketed version of the pill by next spring.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the company has enough parts available to fix all the faulty ignition switches that are blamed for at least 23 deaths nationwide.

The Obama administration is planning to release data Tuesday on drug and medical device company payments to tens of thousands of individual doctors.

Toyota says it is recalling 690,000 Tacoma pickup trucks because the rear leaf springs could break, puncture the gas tank and cause a fire.

Gas fireplaces with potentially leaky valves are among this week's recalled consumer products.

The oil industry's lead trade group released new standards on Thursday for testing and classifying crude shipped by rail after prior shipments were misclassified, including a train that derailed in Canada and killed 47 people.

Chrysler is recalling nearly 350,000 older cars and SUVs to fix defective ignition switches that can cause the vehicles to stall.

Automakers have recalled more than 40 million cars and trucks in the U.S. so far this year, shattering the full-year record set in 2004, and many were for serious safety issues.

A man's complaint that his Chrysler minivan stalled unexpectedly after refueling has brought an inquiry from U.S. safety regulators.

Hyperion Therapeutics said Monday it is abandoning work on a potential treatment for type 1 diabetes after discovering that employees of the company that developed the drug manipulated the results of a clinical trial.

General Motors says that in two years it will offer cars that talk to each other and can almost drive themselves at freeway speeds.

Honda Motor Co. is recalling 126,000 motorcycles for a second time because their brakes can malfunction.