Johnson & Johnson is willing to pay almost $9 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder caused cancers, the company announced Apr. 4. The proposal is the latest chapter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a major lawsuit over claims that it knowingly sold baby powder contaminated with ...

In 1894, Johnson & Johnson introduced a product made of crushed talc it dubbed "baby powder." For more than a century, people — especially women — used this baby powder as an everyday health and ...

More than 1,300 Victorians have joined a class action against Johnson & Johnson alleging its talcum powder products left them with ovarian cancer, mesothelioma (cancer affecting the lungs) and other ...

Some 3,000 people have alleged that either they or a family member developed forms of ovarian cancer or mesothelioma from using Johnson's Baby Powder, and are seeking damages at the High Court in ...

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million in a nationwide settlement resolving allegations that it misled customers about the safety of its talcum-based powder products in its marketing.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion to cover allegations that its baby powder containing talc caused cancer, more than quadrupling the amount that the company had ...

Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it caused cancer. Talc will be replaced by ...