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May 20, 2025
Top officials for the FDA laid out new requirements limiting access to yearly COVID shots for healthy younger adults and children.
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April 9, 2025
The congresswomen warn in a letter the “heightened health risks” for Black women exposed to the chemical, formaldehyde. U.S. Reps.
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January 15, 2025
The ban removes it from the list of approved color additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as…
August 29, 2024
Reps. Shontel Brown, Ayanna Pressley and Nydia Velazquez want to know why the FDA delayed its date to propose a…
December 14, 2023
Civil rights leaders and Black organizations call on the Biden-Harris administration to end a delayed ruling to ban menthol cigarettes.
Mounjaro weight loss
November 9, 2023
FDA’s approval was based on two large studies where some participants without diabetes lost about 18% of their body weight.
July 17, 2023
U.S. officials on Monday approved the first long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that sends…
July 13, 2023
Perrigo’s once-a-day Opill will be available next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales.
Pet dog
May 15, 2023
Many diners and restaurants are pushing back against the increasing presence of pet dogs.
March 30, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug…
February 25, 2023
Lawmakers are urging the FDA to prevent both the marketing and sale of e-cigarette nicotine products to middle and high…
January 25, 2023
Since 2000, some 22% of Liberia's tree cover has been lost to deforestation, largely due to pressure from logging and…
January 23, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed making COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.
Health screenings, theGrio.com
November 2, 2022
The clip-on devices that use light to measure oxygen levels in the blood are getting a closer look from U.S.…
October 20, 2022
About 48 percent of Americans who received their primary vaccinations have never received that all-important first booster.
October 17, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration assertion comes over two years after they declared Makena ineffective, which Covis Pharma challenges.
October 13, 2022
The FDA has given a green light for elementary school-age kids to get the updated booster doses made by Pfizer…
September 29, 2022
Shares of drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the…
September 27, 2022
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11.
September 21, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration is warning TikTok users not to participate in the 'Sleepy Chicken' craze, which can be…