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CVS and Walgreens will begin selling abortion pills ahead of a key SCOTUS ruling on restricting access to the drug

CVS and Walgreens will begin selling abortion pills ahead of a...

CVS and Walgreens will start selling mifepristone in some US states, Reuters reported.The move follows a 2023 FDA decision to allow certified pharmacies to sell the abortion drug.President Joe Biden, who has supported increased access to abortion, hailed the news. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on…
New FDA-approved drug makes severe food allergies less life-threatening

New FDA-approved drug makes severe food allergies less life-threatening

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Living with food allergies can be a fraught existence. There is no cure, and the standard management is to be ever vigilant of everything you eat and have an emergency shot of epinephrine constantly handy in case an accidental ingestion leads to a swift, life-threatening reaction. But, for the millions of people in the US…
Can you sanitize the inside of your nose to prevent COVID? Nope, FDA says.

Can you sanitize the inside of your nose to prevent COVID?...

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More than four years after SARS-CoV-2 made its global debut, the US Food and Drug Administration is still working to clear out the bogus and unproven products that flooded the market, claiming to prevent, treat, and cure COVID-19. The latest example is an alcohol-based sanitizer meant to be smeared inside the nostrils. According to its…
We may now know who’s behind the lead-tainted cinnamon in toddler fruit pouches

We may now know who’s behind the lead-tainted cinnamon in toddler...

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Enlarge / The three recalled pouches linked to lead poisonings. A spice grinder named Carlos Aguilera of Ecuador is the likely source of contaminated cinnamon containing extremely high levels of lead and chromium, which made its way into the apple cinnamon fruit pouches of US toddlers, according to an announcement by the Food and Drug…
Anti-abortion group’s studies retracted before Supreme Court mifepristone case

Anti-abortion group’s studies retracted before Supreme Court mifepristone case

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Enlarge / Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Scientific journal publisher Sage has retracted key abortion studies cited by anti-abortion groups in a legal case aiming to…
Biogen dumps dubious Alzheimer’s drug after profit-killing FDA scandal

Biogen dumps dubious Alzheimer’s drug after profit-killing FDA scandal

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Enlarge / The exterior of the headquarters of biotechnology company Biogen in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Biotechnology company Biogen is abandoning Aduhelm, its questionable Alzheimer's drug that has floundered on the market since its scandal-plagued regulatory approval in 2021 and brow-raising pricing. On Wednesday, the company announced it had terminated its license for Aduhelm (aducanumab) and will…
COVID shots protect against COVID-related strokes, heart attacks, study finds

COVID shots protect against COVID-related strokes, heart attacks, study finds

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Enlarge / A vial of the updated 2023-2024 formula of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, California, on September 14, 2023. Staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccines can cut the risk of COVID-related strokes, blood clots, and heart attacks by around 50 percent in people ages 65 years or older…
US verges on vaccination tipping point, faces thousands of needless deaths: FDA

US verges on vaccination tipping point, faces thousands of needless deaths:...

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Enlarge / A child with measles. The US may be heading to a "dangerous vaccination tipping point," with immunization rates falling so low that population-level immunity is now at risk, and we will likely see thousands of needless deaths this respiratory virus season, two top officials for the Food and Drug Administration warned in a…
Chromium found in lead-tainted fruit pouches may explain contamination

Chromium found in lead-tainted fruit pouches may explain contamination

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Enlarge / The three recalled pouches linked to lead poisonings. The Food and Drug Administration has discovered a second metal contaminant—chromium—in the recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches found to contain cinnamon contaminated with extremely high levels of lead. The products have now poisoned nearly 300 young children in 37 states. The health implications of the additional…
Canada vows to defend its drug supply against Florida importation plan

Canada vows to defend its drug supply against Florida importation plan

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Enlarge / A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands guard outside the Senate of Canada prior to the Speech from the Throne on September 23, 2020, in Ottawa. Canada issued a warning Monday that it stands ready to defend its prescription drug supply from US importation plans—and also said the plans wouldn't work for the…

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