Health Care

Brita is recalling approximately 242,500 children's water filter bottles due to a possible laceration hazard.

British drugmaker AstraZeneca says the U.S. Department of Justice has closed its investigation into a clinical trial of the company's blood thinner Brilinta, and plans no further action.

U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether a recall of 156 fire trucks last year was enough to fix a problem with aerial ladders that can unexpectedly fall.

A federal grand jury has indicted four officials at a Northern California slaughterhouse, alleging they slaughtered diseased cows while inspectors were on their lunch breaks and distributed the cattle.

More than 150,000 smoke alarms that can fail to alert consumers when a fire occurs are among this week's recalled consumer products.

It's an eye-catching angle in the story of an experimental treatment for Ebola: The drug comes from tobacco plants that were turned into living pharmaceutical factories.

Biogen Idec says that federal regulators have approved the specialty drugmaker's new treatment for people with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

Achillion Pharmaceuticals climbed in premarket trading Friday after the company reported promising results from a small clinical trial of an experimental hepatitis C drug.

An Iowa drug developer says it has enough doses of a possible vaccine for the deadly Ebola virus to launch an initial round of human testing.

Ford is recalling 83,250 vehicles because a faulty part could cause them to lose power or roll away if they're parked.

Jaguar Land Rover North America is recalling nearly 41,000 vehicles because the front air bag on the passenger's side might not work properly in a crash.

Merck & Co. has won federal approval for a new type of sleeping pill designed to help people with insomnia stay asleep.

Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version of a popular herbicide — and on genetically modified seeds to grow crops designed to resist it.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Kinder Morgan Inc., up $3.25 to $39.37 The energy company will combine a group of oil and gas companies that it controls, but which are currently traded separately.

A former plant manager says he saw mildew, mold and dirty equipment at a Georgia peanut processor linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak.

As an AIDS activist in the early 1990s, Gregg Gonsalves traveled to Washington to challenge the Food and Drug Administration.

Volkswagen of America is recalling 151,389 Tiguan SUVs due to the possibility of stalling.

A Georgia judge has denied a General Motors motion to dismiss a wrongful death case against the automaker and set a trial date for April 2016.

U.S. safety regulators are investigating two reports of fires in Can-Am Spyder three-wheeled motorcycles.

Nearly 250,000 televisions with a potentially faulty stand assembly are among this week's recalled products.