Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday in the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication.
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There have been six instances of blood clots among the more than 6 million who’ve gotten the single-shot vaccine, but that’s enough for two federal agencies to grind administration of it to a halt.
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With new safety and efficacy data in hand, the pharmaceutical giant seeks to expand authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine to people as young as age 12.
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A panel of experts said the agency should authorize emergency use of the single-dose vaccine that is easier to transport and store.
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A federal court in California declined to dismiss a suit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the animal drug Experior, which is supposed to reduce the amount of ammonia released from cattle waste.
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A single-dose vaccine candidate developed by Johnson & Johnson prevents deaths and hospitalizations, though with less efficacy than Moderna and Pfizer’s products.
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The 11th Circuit ruled that it lacks jurisdiction over patients’ appeal to intervene in an action between a corporation running a stem cell “bank” and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which sued the bank to prevent it from distributing stem cell products until it obtains approval.
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Botanicals are essential to the creation of gin, but a class says Bombay Sapphire’s “grains of paradise” run afoul an antiquated Florida law against adulterating liquor with spices.
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Lawmakers say manufacturers exploited the lack of federal regulation to set dangerously high internal standards for toxic heavy metal levels.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration ‘s request to reinstate a rule requiring women to visit a medical center to get an abortion drug, after a lower court lifted the regulation in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Tabling concerns about second-dose supplies, the president-elect has a new strategy to combat the slow rollout of vaccines for the novel coronavirus under Trump.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna’s vaccine for Covid-19 Friday evening, making it the second vaccine authorized for use in the United States, a nation which continues to reel from the respiratory virus that has now killed over 310,000.
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A second Covid-19 vaccine was recommended for emergency use by advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, meaning distribution nationwide could start as soon as next week.
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New findings on Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine released Tuesday confirm its high efficacy rate and could lead to imminent approval for emergency use.
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The nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
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A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use nationwide to fight the pandemic that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans since March.
Read moreThe government watchdog group American Oversight sued the Trump administration Wednesday, claiming Health and Human Services, the Federal Drug Administration and the CDC have stonewalled its requests for communications with Pfizer about a coronavirus vaccine.
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A detailed analysis released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday verifies the safety and efficacy of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer, two days before a meeting to recommend the vaccine for emergency use.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit affirmed the FDA’s ruling determining that e-cigarettes are “tobacco products” subject to regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, over e-cigarette industry objections.
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Moderna is ready to seek emergency use authorization for the vaccine it has reported as over 94% effective in preventing Covid-19, the Massachusetts-based drugmaker said Monday.
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