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FDA Grants Emergency Approval To Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
This is first COVID-19 vaccine ever to get emergency approval.
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Trump: Get Drug Prices Down, Streamline FDA Approvals
Jan.31 -- President Donald Trump talks of the need to reduce drug prices, while streamlining the FDA approval process for new medicines, and bringing drug makers back to the United States. Trump speaks before a White House meeting with...
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FDA Endorses Moderna Vaccine Candidate For Emergency Use
An FDA advisory committee is set to meet Thursday to consider approving the vaccine candidate for emergency use.
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Ivermectin is Not a COVID ‘Wonder Drug’
Poison control calls have jumped 880% for the “horse dewormer” drug ivermectin. Yes, it’s FDA-approved for humans—to treat parasitic worms. No, it’s not effective against COVID, according to the latest clinical trial data.
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U.S. Clears Updated COVID Boosters For Kids As Young As 5 Years Old
The boosters, rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, are doses modified to target today's most common and contagious Omicron relatives.
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FDA: Sunscreen Ingredients Can Seep Into Bloodstream After One Use
Researchers found six active sunscreen ingredients were absorbed into participants' bloodstreams and remained in the body days after the last use.
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California Lawmakers Propose Ban On All Flavored Tobacco Products
The bill goes further than the FDA's proposals in that it would also ban menthol-flavored cartridges and refillable, tank-based vaping devices.
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Family Dollar Temporarily Closes Over 400 Stores Across 6 States
The move comes amid a massive recall of products after federal regulators found more than 1,100 rodents at a distribution facility in Arkansas.
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FDA Says It's Criminally Investigating Vape-Related Illnesses
A CDC official told reporters Thursday that authorities are "working around the clock" to find out exactly why people are getting sick.
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FDA Announces Plan To Crackdown On Flavored E-Cigarette Products
This FDA policy change is not a ban on flavored e-cigarettes. Rather it's more of a crackdown on products being sold without FDA-approval.
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Canopy Growth CEO on Plans to Build First U.S. Hemp Plant
Jan.18 -- Bruce Linton, Canopy Growth chairman and chief executive officer, discusses and the company's plan to build a hemp plant in New York with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde, Joe Weisenthal and Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg Markets:...
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Moderna Seeks To Be 1st With COVID Shot For Kids Under 5
Moderna is asking U.S. regulators to approve its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 — the only group not yet eligible for vaccination.
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FDA May Authorize Vaccine Before Trials Finish
The FDA has faced pressure from President Trump to fast-track a vaccine.
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W.H.O. Numbers Show Cases Of The Flu Are Low So Far
Doctors warn that despite low global flu numbers, people should still be vigilant.
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FDA Advisers Back Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine
Dec.17 -- Moderna Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing from a panel of experts who advise U.S. regulators. Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 20 to 0, with one abstention, on Thursday that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh...
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FDA Holds Public Meeting About Testing For Asbestos In Talc Products
Experts say criteria for testing talc products for asbestos and other potentially harmful particles needs to be more standardized.
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Top U.S. Doctors Hope These Treatments Can Bridge The Gap To A Vaccine
At least eight COVID-19 vaccines are in clinical development. Medical officials are hoping treatments could buy us time until one is available.
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Coronavirus Tests Were Delayed Due To CDC Mistakes, Officials Say
An FDA spokesperson said the CDC was making the tests in their laboratories rather than in a manufacturing facility.
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Feds To Open 2 More Mass Vaccination Sites
The two centers will open on March 10 in Greensboro, North Carolina and Chicago.
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Who Will Get The First 6.4 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine?
Only 6.4 million doses will be available the first week a COVID vaccine gets emergency approval.
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Pfizer-BioNTech Covid Vaccine Gets Nod From FDA Advisers
Dec.10 -- A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 17 to 4, with one abstention, that the benefits of the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE outweigh the risks for use in people ages 16 and older. Robert Langreth reports...
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Global Virus Network's Gallo on Covid-19 Vaccines
Dec.11 -- Dr. Robert Gallo, co-founder and scientific director of the Global Virus Network and the director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses the rollout of the Covid-19...
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Bill Gates on Politicization of Covid-19 Vaccines
Sep.15 -- Bill Gates used to think of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the world’s premier public-health authority. Not anymore. Gates says political pressure cost the agency 'credibility.' The billionaire philanthropist...
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COVID Booster Progress In The U.S.
The U.S. has made COVID boosters available to more and more Americans - and soon there could be a COVID vaccine for kids ages 5-11.