Anton Yelchin, a popular Hollywood film actor perhaps best known for playing Chekov in the recent Star Trek movies, died in a tragic car accident. Friends of the celebrity found him pinned against a brick mailbox pillar by his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is believed that the Jeep rolled down the driveway of Yelchin’s …
The Takata Corporation, an automotive parts company based out of Japan, could soon be forced to recall as many as 85 million motor vehicles currently being driven on U.S. roadways. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the air bag inflators used in those cars and trucks are potentially defective. At this time, …
Olympus, a major manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a redesigned duodenoscope. The redesign came in response to a product recall after reports of numerous infection incidents involving a previous version of the medical device that was considered defective. What is a Duodenoscope? …
The Center for Auto Safety, a nonprofit organization that informs consumers about car safety issues, has asked the federal government to reopen its investigation into deadly crash-related fires occurring in older-model Jeep SUVs. Rear-crash fires in these vehicles, which were recalled in June 2013, have reportedly resulted in a number of deaths since the recall …