Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers will meet this week to discuss simplifying the Covid vaccination schedule, allowing most people to get the currently available booster, regardless of how many doses they had received before that. The agency’s proposal was outlined in briefing documents posted online Monday. Currently, everyone ages 6 months and older are required to complete a […]
It’s officially 2023, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is here to remind everyone (or at least food manufacturers) that sesame has joined the list of major food allergens. “Sesame is joining the list of major food allergens defined in the law as the result of the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act, […]
As the country faces a rise in COVID, flu and RSV, there is already an FDA-approved testing kit that is one swab for all three viruses, nicknamed the “tripledemic.” As ABC News / Good Morning America (GMA) reports, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there have been at least 15 million […]
Scarcity of several high-profile prescription drugs, such as the antibiotic amoxicillin and the ADHD treatment Adderall, have had some patients searching pharmacies and rationing pills, and now parents in some areas are having to hunt to find over-the-counter pain- and fever-reducing medications for their sick kids. According to experts, this isn’t unusual, because even when demand is not […]
At a “show and tell” event on last week, Elon Musk said that his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, could implant one of its devices in someone’s head within the next six months, i.e. not till next year. During the presentation, Musk said that the company had submitted most of the paperwork needed for a human clinical […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Switzerland-based Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ fecal transplant-based therapy to reduce the recurrence of a bacterial infection, making it the first therapy of its kind to be cleared in the United States. The therapy, “Rebyota,” targets Clostridium difficile, or C. difficile, which is a superbug responsible for infections that can […]
The Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) sponsors National Food Safety and Education Month. This month take an active role in preventing foodborne illness, also known as “food poisoning.” The FDA and CDC estimate that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illness annually – that’s about 1 in 6 Americans each year. Each […]
If you haven’t had or been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the last few months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says you should get a new booster shot this fall. The latest shots, which were FDA-authorized in late August and are available now, were designed specfically to target currently circulating – and […]
As Yahoo News reports, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved new COVID-19 boosters by Pfizer and Moderna last week, following authorization by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday. The new vaccines should start to arrive at clinics any day. Here’s what you need to know before getting boosted. Who can get the […]
As The Associated Press (AP) reports, the Food and Drug Administration issued an administrative stay Tuesday on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market. The agency said on Twitter that the stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order while it conducts further review, but […]