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FDA issues norovirus warning on frozen oysters from South Korea
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that certain half-shell oysters that are frozen and raw harvested in South ...
FDA Approves Nucala for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
By Stephanie Brown HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...
FDA Halts Sale of Off-Brand Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already declared that shortages of popular GLP-1 medications have ended, CNN ...
Makary’s FDA funding ask
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary was met with a skeptical set of Senate appropriators Thursday when he testified on his agency’s ...
Feeling itchy? FDA warns about rare side effect from some allergy drugs
Although the side effect is rare, the FDA said some patients experienced severe itching that required medical attention.
COVID shots should target newer strains of JN.1 variant, US FDA advisers say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers unanimously recommended on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines for the 2025-26 period ...
GSK's asthma drug wins FDA approval to treat 'smoker's lung'
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved British drugmaker GSK's asthma drug to treat some patients with a chronic ...
FDA plans to limit COVID shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions
Previously, updated COVID vaccines had been recommended annually by the CDC for everyone over the age of 6 months. The CDC ...
With vaccine approval process set to change, FDA advisers leave wiggle room in annual Covid-19 shot recommendations
A group of experts who advise the US Food and Drug Administration on its vaccine decisions voted unanimously Thursday to make ...
Who can get updated COVID vaccines this fall? FDA will OK for high-risk groups, calls for new clinical trials
The Food and Drug Administration says it has decided to continue approving COVID-19 vaccine updates for seniors and others at ...
FDA’s new approach to covid vaccines could have been way worse
Older adults can continue getting covid boosters, but not everyone who wants them can. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr.
FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots
Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter ...