The maker of medical scopes that have been linked to two recent "superbug" outbreaks at California hospitals has issued new cleaning instructions for the devices amid scrutiny from regulators, ...

Olympus Corp., the maker of medical scopes linked to recent deadly superbug outbreaks, reversed course Thursday and said it was issuing an urgent update on how the device should be cleaned. Under fire ...

A federal lawmaker is seeking details from the Center Valley manufacturer of medical scopes that have been linked to several “superbug” bacteria outbreaks at U.S. hospitals. U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu, ...

SEATTLE -- Three executives from Japan loom large in a cramped courtroom here -- at least their photos do, mounted on a white poster board propped in front of the jury. "They were the key ...

This article originally appeared in Kaiser Health News. SEATTLE—Three executives from Japan loom large in a cramped courtroom here—at least their photos do, mounted on a white poster board propped in ...

A U.S. lawmaker is renewing his push for Congress to toughen requirements on medical-device warnings, calling Olympus Corp.’s 2013 decision against issuing a broad alert to U.S. hospitals about ...

Medical experts, health officials, lawmakers and patients' families have pinned much of the blame for the UCLA superbug outbreak and others across the country on Olympus Corp. and its gastrointestinal ...

The manufacturer of medical scopes linked to last month’s superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center released new cleaning guidelines for its scopes Thursday. At the UCLA and ...

The hunt for a deadly superbug that sickened 22 patients at a Dutch hospital began just before noon on a spring day in 2012. Inside a lab in the tiny hamlet of Zoeterwoude, a technician carefully ...

Olympus Corp. announced on Friday that it will voluntarily recall and redesign its specialized medical scopes that have been linked to a number of deadly superbug outbreaks in the U.S. The company is ...

Olympus Corp. said Friday that it would voluntarily recall and redesign a troubled medical scope that has been linked to deadly patient infections around the world. The company, which sells about 85% ...