Strawberries Recalled As Hepatitis A Virus Outbreak Has Left 16 Hospitalized

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging you to check your strawberries as a hepatitis … [+] A outbreak has already left at least 17 people infected and 12 hospitalized in the U.S. ...

All Eyes on Upcoming FDA Advisory Meeting

It’s difficult for most stocks to make any headway in 2022. Inflation, rising interest rates and Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine have dragged down even those with minimal exposure to the macro headwin...

Avadel’s stock falls 21% after disclosing new FDA request for experimental narcolepsy drug

Shares of Avadel Pharmaceuticals PLC AVDL, +133.64% tumbled 21.6% in premarket trading on Thursday after the company said in a securities filing that the Food and Drug Administration requested additio...

House grills FDA commissioner, Abbott executive on baby formula shortage

[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The head of the Food and Drug Administration and executives from the infant formul...

Urgent FDA Recall For Peanut Butter Over Salmonella Concerns

Jif peanut butter has been linked to 14 cases of salmonella over several states so far. Consumers … [+] are being warned not to consume affected products from the Kentucky plant. getty The Food ...

‘A dereliction of duty:’ U.S. lawmakers grill FDA commissioner over baby formula shortage 

Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Bi...

FDA authorizes Pfizer Covid booster dose for kids ages 5 to 11 years old

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a third shot of Pfizer‘s Covid vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months after their two-dose primary series. Dr. Peter Marks,...

Abbott Strikes Deal With FDA To Reopen Baby Formula Plant At Center Of National Shortage

Topline Abbott Laboratories has reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration to reopen its baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, the company announced Monday, raising hopes that a nat...

FDA Rejects Bid To Authorize Cheap Antidepressant As Covid Treatment

Topline The Food and Drug Administration on Monday declined to authorize a cheap and widely available antidepressant as a treatment for Covid-19, finding that a study indicating the drug was effective...

Novavax confident Covid vaccine will receive FDA authorization in June after delays

Novavax is confident its Covid-19 vaccine will receive the endorsement of the Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee early this summer, executives said this week. The FDA committee is...

Here’s How The Biden Administration Plans To Tackle The Baby Formula Shortage

Topline The White House announced new actions Thursday to make baby formula more available, as a major shortage leaves parents struggling to find food for their infants due to inflation, supply chain ...

Over 7,300 Lucky Charms Cereal Illness Complaints On Iwaspoisoned.com, FDA Investigating

There have been reports of people suffering gastrointestinal problems such as nausea, vomiting, … [+] abdominal pain, diarrhea, and green poop after consuming Lucky Charms cereal, which is manuf...

FDA Limits Use Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Due To Blood Clot Risk

Topline Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine is now only authorized for U.S. adults who are unable to receive other vaccines, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday, citing the Joh...

FDA panel to discuss Novavax Covid vaccine, Pfizer and Moderna kids shots

Medical syringes and Novavax logo displayed in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 2, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Food and Dru...

Moderna asks FDA to authorize Covid vaccine for kids under 6 years old

Moderna on Thursday asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its Covid vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years old. The vaccine was about 51% effective against infection from the omic...

Pfizer Asks FDA To Authorize Covid Booster For Kids 5-11

Topline Pfizer and BioNTech Tuesday requested emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a booster shot of their Covid-19 vaccine for kids aged 5-11, in the latest effort to...

Pfizer asks FDA to authorize third Covid vaccine shot for children 5 to 11 years old

Dr. Sandra Hughes prepares to administer a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine (COVID-19) to Elise Langevina, 6, in Storrs, Connecticut, U.S., November 3, 2021. Michelle McLoughlin |...

FDA Approves First Covid Treatment For Children Under 12

Topline The Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the Covid-19 antiviral remdesivir for children 28 days of age and older and weighing 6.6 pounds or more, in a bid to protect children ...

AXSM Stock Rockets As Its First FDA Approval Looks Imminent

Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM) said Tuesday it agreed to the Food and Drug Administration’s requirements for approving its depression drug, and AXSM stock rocketed. X With FDA negotiations behind it...

The “New” Nutritional Facts Label Won’t Solve The Problem

The Food and Drug Administration created the Nutrition Facts label in 1993. Shopper reading nutrition label getty The serving sizes that appear on labels today were originally determined by how much f...

Kinder Easter Chocolate Recall After Salmonella Outbreak Leaves 150 Ill, Mostly Young Children

Ferrero is recalling several different kinds of its Kinder Surprise and other egg products due to a … [+] Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that’s already affected at least 150 people, mostly youn...

FDA Authorizes First Covid Breath Testing Device

Topline The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization Thursday for InspectIR Systems’ “Covid-19 breathalyzer,” the first government-approved device capable of detecting corona...

U.S. has until June to decide on new vaccines for this fall, FDA official says

A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, September 24, 2020. Marco Bel...

Scientists divided on need for fourth shots after FDA authorization

Cathy Dozal gets her second booster shot against COVID-19 from Vocational nursing student, Patricia Lizardo, at Long Beach City College in Long Beach on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Brittany Murray | Me...

FDA says Covid vaccines may need to be updated to ensure high level of effectiveness against virus

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Va...

Top FDA official says fully vaccinated Americans may need more Covid shots this fall

Nathan Jacobs, of Boston gets his Covid Booster shot from Sassy Yogurtian at City Hall on December 9, 2021 in, in Boston, MA. Stuart Cahill | MediaNews Group | Getty Images People in the U.S. might ne...

FDA Authorizes Second Covid Booster For Americans 50 And Older

Topline The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday green-lit a second booster shot of Moderna’s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 50 and older, after data emerged indicating a first...

FDA authorizes fourth Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine doses for people age 50 and older

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized fourth Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine doses for everyone age 50 and older, amid uncertainty over whether an even more contagious version of omicron wi...

IPO Stock Amylyx: Why Its Breakdown Was Short-Lived As FDA Mulls ALS Drug

IPO stock Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (AMLX) surged Friday ahead of an important Food and Drug Administration meeting to discuss its ALS treatment. X On Wednesday, a panel of experts will weigh the benefit...

FDA advisory committee to discuss future of Covid boosters

A nurses fills up syringes for patients as they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, September 29, 2021...

Moderna Asks FDA To Authorize 4th Covid Vaccine Dose For All Adults

Topline Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration to sign off on a second booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine for all U.S. adults late Thursday, two days after Pfizer asked federal regulators...

New Federal Spending Plan Could Effectively Ban Products That Help People Quit Smoking

Woman vaping at home. getty Of the many provisions included in the 2,741 page omnibus spending bill being pushed through Congress this week is a budget rider that will subject thousands of products co...