FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill, teeing up approval
Perrigo wants to sell its Opill brand birth control pills in stores without a prescription.
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Perrigo wants to sell its Opill brand birth control pills in stores without a prescription.
The court maintained access to mifepristone for the time being but is only letting it be dispensed after a doctor's office visit, not by mail, and up to seven weeks into a pregnancy, not 10.
Dove, Nexxus and Suave are among recalled dry shampoo brands sold nationwide that may contain the human carcinogen.
The US could be vaccinating infants, toddlers and preschoolers against Covid-19 within days.
A government advisory panel Tuesday endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.
U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but they did not inspect any of the three biggest manufacturers in 2020, according to federal records reviewed by The Associated Press.
The White House is announcing a Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan Thursday for children under 5.
After more than a year with two types of Covid-19 vaccines in use in the United States, another is up for consideration by the US Food and Drug Administration.
President Joe Biden is set to meet with infant formula manufacturers as his administration works to ease nationwide shortages by importing foreign supplies and using the Defense Production Act to speed domestic production.
The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between a hepatitis A outbreak and fresh organic strawberries.
By this summer, "decisions will need to be made" on who should be eligible for additional COVID-19 shots in the fall, and by June, the composition of the vaccines will need to be determined.
U.S. health regulators on Monday granted full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, a shot that's already been given to tens of millions of Americans since its emergency authorization over a year ago.
Novavax on Friday announced it has handed over the final round of data on its COVID-19 vaccine as it seeks emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
U.S. health officials are warning the public not to eat certain brands of packaged salads, which they say are linked to two small, long-running listeria outbreaks in which three people died.
The federal Food and Drug Administration is recalling several brands of muffins due to possible listeria contamination.
Mass vaccinations and natural protection from those already infected are likely to prevent a fourth wave of Covid-19 in the United States, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said Sunday.
A peach recall has expanded to include loose peaches and peach products after 78 people were sickened in 12 states by salmonella poisoning linked to the fruit, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating a salmonella outbreak affecting 68 people in nine states that could be linked to tainted peaches.
A Maryland medical company has submitted an application to the U.S Food and Drug Administration for a gene therapy it says will eliminate HIV.
Federal agencies are going after companies that paid social media "influencers" to promote vaping products, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland is concerned about the toll smoking has taken on the African-American community and is leading an effort to impose restrictions on access to tobacco.
U.S. health officials say a closely watched medicine made from the marijuana plant significantly reduces seizures in children.
U.S. regulators want a narcotic painkiller involved in the opioid epidemic off the market amid data showing people continue to abuse it.
Giant Food has voluntary recalled some Frito Lays products because they may contain peanut residue.
The Food and Drug Administration has finalized the new Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods sold in the U.S.
