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February 17, 2025
Probationary employees across the FDA received notices Saturday evening that their jobs were being eliminated.
August 29, 2024
Reps. Shontel Brown, Ayanna Pressley and Nydia Velazquez want to know why the FDA delayed its date to propose a…
January 27, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, there are too many unknowns about CBD products to regulate…
December 28, 2022
Scientists in America are on a mission to ease the nation's transplant shortage by bioengineering replacement organs.
October 17, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration assertion comes over two years after they declared Makena ineffective, which Covis Pharma challenges.
September 21, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration is warning TikTok users not to participate in the 'Sleepy Chicken' craze, which can be…
June 16, 2022
Abbott Nutrition will pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just restarted after being closed for several…
May 20, 2022
The hope is that an extra shot will shore up protection for kids ages 5 to 11 as COVID-19 infections…
May 5, 2022
It took trips over state lines, navigating roads and laws, for a South Dakota mother of two to get abortion…
November 18, 2021
The U.S. government will pay Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators…
October 26, 2021
Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may be getting closer as government advisers on Tuesday began deliberating.
October 22, 2021
Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds.
October 20, 2021
Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician’s office, local pharmacy…
October 5, 2021
Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine.
September 22, 2021
The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans 65 and older, younger people with underlying health conditions and those in high-risk…
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September 17, 2021
The Biden administration’s embattled plan to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans faced its first major hurdle Friday.
July 12, 2021
Pfizer says it plans to meet with U.S. health officials to discuss federal authorization of a third dose of its…
May 25, 2021
Moderna said its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that puts the shot on track…
December 18, 2020
It's a step preliminary to the Food and Drug Administration authorizing the vaccine for emergency use. That could happen as…
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December 11, 2020
President-elect Biden noted one of the deepest tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic is its inept handling by the departing commander-in-chief.