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The number of documented U.S. cases of fungal meningitis has risen yet again, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 205 infections Sunday, including 15 deaths. The latest tally is over a dozen more than the agency reported Friday....

msturdevant@courant.com Nationwide Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay more than $150 million to settle a multi-state investigation that questioned whether the life insurer was thorough enough in finding and paying beneficiaries when...

PETOSKEY -- A Petoskey-based candy company is recalling packages of its sugar-free peanut butter fudge, noting that peanut butter used to produce it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. Kilwins Quality Confections recently announced...

Kilwins, based out of Petoskey,  is recalling all 7 ounce packages of sugar free peanut butter fudge. According to a release from the Michigan Department of Agriculture today, Monday, the company is specifically recalling all items with  bar code 000648,...

The number of people who have contracted a noncontagious form of meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections soared to 105 Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionsaid. The reported figure jumped by 14 people in one day, while...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Sunday reported an additional 27 cases in a fungal meningitis outbreak linked to steroid injections that has killed seven people and now infected 91 in nine states. The U.S. Centers for Disease...

Article Highlights: - 35 people in six states now meet the criteria for a non-contagious, fungal form of meningitis - That's up from 26 just a day ago - All 35 patients were injected with a steroid - The plant where the steroid was manufactured...

DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler has added more than 137,000 Jeep Liberty SUVs to a March safety recall, bringing the total number of vehicles affected to nearly 347,000. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the lower control arms in...

The 2012-13 UConn men's basketball schedule listing date, opponent, site, time and TV. Starting times and TV are to be announced for some games: NOVEMBER 1 -- Americna International*, Gampel Pavilion, time TBA 4 -- UMass-Lowell*, XL Center, time TBA 9...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly announced Thursday that Pennsylvania has joined 36 other attorneys general in the largest multi-state consumer protection settlement to be reached with a pharmaceutical company. Kelly said the record $187,047,...

The state of Indiana will get about $4.5 million as part of a national pharmaceutical settlement involving 35 states and the District of Columbia. The money is Indiana’s share in the $181 million settlement over Janssen Pharmaceutical’s drug,...

TAMPA, Fla. — The combative and blunt-speaking John Sununu woke up Illinois’ GOP delegation on the final day of the Republican National Convention by tossing some major broadsides at President Barack Obama, even suggesting convicted influence-...