Health Care

The U.S. government's auto safety agency wants to add two automatic emergency braking devices to its list of recommended safety features for new-car buyers.

Months after he landed in Florida's Manatee County Jail, Jovon Frazier's pleas for treatment of the intense pain that radiated from his left shoulder to his elbow were met mostly with Tylenol.

Federal regulators are investigating whether Ford Motor Co. should expand a 2013 safety recall of diesel trucks.

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating engine compartment smoke or fire complaints in two Jeep Cherokees, and air bags that didn't inflate properly in two Nissan Rogues.

A line of crib mattresses sold at Ikea are being recalled because of a potential entrapment hazard for infants.

General Motors says it expects pretax earnings and profit margins to increase this year over last, after adjusting last year for recall costs.

Drugmaker Merck & Co. is ratcheting up its race with rival Bristol-Myers Squibb for leadership in the hot new field of immuno-oncology.

Mark Rosekind, the U.S. government's new auto safety chief, knew all along that the agency he was taking over lacked resources and staff to do its job properly.

Chinese police have arrested more than 110 people on suspicion of selling pork from diseased pigs in the country's latest food safety scandal.

The Food and Drug Administration says strains of listeria found on surfaces inside a California apple packing facility match listeria bacteria found in 32 people sickened across the country, including at least three deaths.

The price of AbbVie shares dipped early Friday after the drugmaker delivered what some analysts saw as a conservative forecast for 2015 earnings growth.

Subaru is recalling about 199,000 cars and SUVs for a second time to fix rusty brake lines that can leak fluid and cause longer stopping distances.

The first in a new class of cancer medicines, Pfizer's Ibrance (EYE'-branse), appears poised for approval to treat advanced breast cancer within just a few months and could quickly become a blockbuster, some analysts believe.

A California apple packing plant has recalled all of its Granny Smith and Gala apple shipments from 2014 after they were linked to an outbreak of listeria in caramel apples that may have caused up to five deaths.

Mary Barra says her first year as CEO of General Motors contained both disappointment and progress, as the company recalled a record number of cars and trucks but also improved its handling of safety problems.

Federal health experts have unanimously endorsed a Novartis drug that is expected to become the first lower-cost copy of a biotech drug to reach the U.S. market.

Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals surged Wednesday after the drugmaker reported positive results from an early clinical trial of a possible treatment for autoimmune diseases.

General Motors is recalling 92,221 full-size trucks and SUVs for a defect in ignition lock systems that can cause safety problems in hot conditions.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. (MIG), up $1.33 to $8.46 China's Fosun International investment group will buy the commercial insurance underwriter at a premium for about $433 million.

The Volkswagen Group of America is recalling about 38,000 cars because a fuel leak in the engine may cause a fire.