Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black […]
Tag: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA is inspecting plant in Ecuador that made lead-tainted fruit pouches #FDA #inspecting #plant #Ecuador #leadtainted #fruit #pouches
U.S. health officials have launched an inspection of a plant in Ecuador that made the cinnamon applesauce pouches linked to dozens of cases of acute […]
Updated COVID shots are coming. They’re part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses #Updated #COVID #shots #coming #Theyre #part #trio #vaccines #block #fall #viruses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for […]
Court revives doctors’ lawsuit saying FDA overstepped its authority with anti-ivermectin campaign #Court #revives #doctors #lawsuit #FDA #overstepped #authority #antiivermectin #campaign
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority […]
Federal judge: West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales #Federal #judge #West #Virginia #restrict #abortion #pill #sales
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion pill, despite federal regulators’ approval of it as a safe and effective […]
California doctor lauded for COVID testing work pleads guilty to selling misbranded cosmetic drugs #California #doctor #lauded #COVID #testing #work #pleads #guilty #selling #misbranded #cosmetic #drugs
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A “rock star” doctor who tested tens of thousands of people for COVID-19 in the pandemic’s early months in a badly-stricken […]
FDA approves RSV vaccine for moms-to-be to guard their newborns #FDA #approves #RSV #vaccine #momstobe #guard #newborns
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday approved the first RSV vaccine for pregnant women so their babies will be born with protection against the […]
FDA approves first postpartum depression pill #FDA #approves #postpartum #depression #pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of […]
More Trader Joe’s recalls? This soup may contain bugs and falafel may have rocks, grocer says #Trader #Joes #recalls #soup #bugs #falafel #rocks #grocer
NEW YORK (AP) — Trader Joe’s is recalling a broccoli cheddar soup that may contain insects and cooked falafel that may contain rocks, about one […]
Minneapolis backs off arrests for psychedelic plant use #Minneapolis #backs #arrests #psychedelic #plant
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis is backing away from enforcing laws that criminalize buying psychedelic plants or using them in private. Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday […]