Health Jun 22 FDA warns stores to stop selling fruity disposable e-cigarettes U.S. regulators have sent warning letters to dozens of retailers selling fruity disposable e-cigarettes, including the current best-selling brand, Elf Bar.
Health May 25 COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after over a year of pandemic emergency use Thursday's action means the drug has now been fully vetted by the U.S. government and can remain on the market indefinitely. Millions of Americans have received Paxlovid since it was granted emergency authorization in late 2021.
Health May 11 FDA relaxes blood donation guidelines for men who have sex with men The new approach does away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months to prior to giving blood.
Politics May 10 FDA panel backs first-ever birth control pill sold without prescription Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription.
Nation May 05 FDA considers 1st request to approve over-the-counter birth control pill U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription.
Health Apr 11 Experts worry about costs as free COVID testing comes to end in May Big changes could be coming for how Americans pay for COVID-19 tests.
Politics Apr 08 What does the Comstock Act, a law from the 1870s, have to do with abortion pills? Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone, the pill used in more than half of U.S. abortions. Here's a look at the case and…
Politics Apr 07 FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone in limbo after 2 federal judges order conflicting rulings A federal judge in Texas has thrown into jeopardy the most common method of abortion in the U.S., ordering regulators to temporarily halt their approval of the drug mifepristone for abortion.
Health Apr 04 FDA finds sterility issues at factory that manufactured eyedrops linked to injuries, deaths Recalled eyedrops made at the plant have been linked to 68 bacterial infections in the U.S., including three deaths and eight cases of vision loss. The outbreak is considered particularly worrisome because the bacteria driving it is resistant to standard…
Nation Mar 15 Texas judge to hear arguments on drug used in medication abortions A federal judge will hear arguments in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to medication abortion and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators.