Health Care

Federal health regulators have approved the first vaccine to prevent a potentially deadly form of bacterial meningitis often associated with college dormitories.

Chrysler is recalling more than 566,000 SUVs and trucks because malfunctioning fuel heaters can cause fires, or a software glitch can disable the electronic stability control.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG has posted a 45 percent rise in net profit in the third quarter, boosted by strong sales of new products such as Gilenya for multiple sclerosis and the leukemia drug Tasigna.

The Swiss agency that regulates new drugs has approved the application for a clinical trial with an experimental Ebola vaccine at the Lausanne University Hospital.

Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged Monday after the company said regulators want more data about its muscular dystrophy treatment eteplirsen before they will consider approving the drug.

Amgen announced Monday that its earnings fell in the third quarter on charges from an ongoing restructuring effort, but the biotech drugmaker's adjusted results still surpassed Wall Street.

Drugmakers are racing to develop vaccines and drugs to address the worst outbreak of Ebola in history.

A senior Obama administration official says the "safety culture" of the federal agency that oversees auto recalls is being reviewed.

Certain models of Arctic Cat's all-terrain vehicles are being recalled because a component failure can cause a loss of control.

U.S. investigators, automakers and a parts supply company are trying to figure out why some automobile air bags inflate with too much force, blowing apart metal canisters and sending shards flying at drivers and passengers.

Evenflo is recalling more than 202,000 rear-facing infant seats because the buckles can become difficult to unlatch.

Two U.S. senators are calling on U.S. auto safety regulators to immediately issue a nationwide recall for cars with faulty air bags made by Takata Corp.

General Motors says its third-quarter profit nearly doubled as strong earnings in North America and China outweighed struggles in Europe and South America.

Johnson & Johnson will start safety testing in early January on a vaccine combination that could protect people from a strain of the deadly Ebola virus.

A North Carolina company is recalling nearly 12,000 boxes of pain relief tablets sold at Dollar Tree stores because some cartons contain a different medication that could cause allergic reactions.

Tens of thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines could be available for "real-world" testing in West Africa as soon as January as long as they are deemed safe, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday.

Dietary supplements containing potentially dangerous prescription drug ingredients may still be for sale even years after safety recalls, a study found.

A second defendant has pleaded guilty in a case alleging that a Northern California slaughterhouse at the center of a massive recall processed and distributed tainted beef.

U.S. safety regulators are warning owners of more than 4.7 million vehicles that have been recalled for air bag problems to get them repaired immediately.

Supermarket chain Publix is recalling a snack mix because the label doesn't warn shoppers that it contains peanuts.