FDA moves to ban fluoride supplements for kids, removing a key tool for dentists : Shots
Dentists sometimes prescribe fluoride supplements to kids in areas that lack water fluoridation. FDA is taking action to remove such ...
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Cuts to support staff hamstring FDA inspectors : Shots
Cuts to support staff at the Food and Drug Administration are shifting work to the agency's inspectors. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via ...
Chaotic HHS layoffs leave employees at CDC, FDA and NIH reeling : Shots
A worker wheels out the belongings of a fellow employee who was dismissed, outside of the Mary E. Switzer Federal ...
Top Vaccine Official Resigns From FDA, Criticizes RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON — The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation’s top health ...
FDA Issues Warning Amid Uptick in Laughing Gas Injuries
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are tracking a rise in injuries tied to the misuse of nitrous oxide, or laughing ...
5 takeaways from the confirmation hearing for Trump’s FDA nominee : Shots
Dr. Marty Makary testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on his nomination to become Food and ...
Federal health agencies including CDC, NIH, and FDA take stock of layoffs : Shots
Employees at the National Institute of Health are among those at several health agencies who received termination letters this past ...
FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Medicine in 20 Years
On Jan. 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug called suzetrigine to treat moderate-to-severe pain. ...
FDA initiative for diversity in cancer studies disappears : Shots
Key guidance to industry on enhancing diversity in clinical trials of cancer drugs disappeared from the Food and Drug Administration ...
FDA Authorizes Zyn Nicotine Pouches
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn ...
