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In a case that will test the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authority to approve or reject new vaping products, the U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will weigh whether the agency was legally allowed to ban flavored e-cigarettes.
In recent years, the FDA has declined to approve flavored vapes, saying they pose a health risk because they encourage young people to use e-cigarettes. Bu...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- July 2, 2024
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As bird flu continues to spread among U.S. dairy cows, reassuring new government research finds the pasteurization process widely used in the industry effectively kills all bird flu virus in milk.
In a health update posted Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administr...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- July 1, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to one of America's biggest bakeries, asking the company to stop claiming there are allergens such as sesame or nuts in products when in fact they are not there.
In a statement release...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- June 28, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to authorize the first menthol-flavored e-cigarettes has drawn the the ire of health advocates who say the decision undermines efforts to end the youth vaping epidemic in America.
In its approval of four flavored vaping products made by Njoy, the agency defended its decision.
“Based upon our rigorous scientific review, in this insta...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- June 24, 2024
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The number of people severely sickened after consuming mushroom edibles sold as Diamond Shruumz-brand chocolate bars, cones or gummies has risen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
"As of June 17, 2024, a total of 26 illnesses have been reported from 16 states," the FDA noted in an
After a recall was issued last year for lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to illnesses in over 500 children, the discount retailer Dollar Tree failed to remove all products from store shelves for too long, federal officials said Tuesday.
In a
The number of people severely sickened after consuming mushroom edibles sold as Diamond Shruumz-brand Chocolate Bars, Cones or Gummies has risen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
As of Monday, "a total of 12 illnesses have been reported from eight states," the FDA noted in an
In an effort to keep medical debt from destroying credit scores, the Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving ahead with a proposal that would remove health care bills from consideration in credit checks.
Along with making it easier for folks to rent an apartment, get a mortgage or buy a car, the proposed rule would prevent lenders from repossessing medical devices like wh...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- June 12, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has joined up with the Department of Justice and several other federal agencies to do more to stop the sale of illegal e-cigarettes in this country.
In launching the newly created task force, the FDA aims "to coordinate and streamline efforts to bring all available criminal and civil tools to bear against the illegal distribut...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- June 11, 2024
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A ban on Juul e-cigarettes has been reversed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday.
Why? The agency said it needs to review both new court decisions and updated data from the vape maker. While the company's e-cigarettes are back under review, they have not been fully cleared for sale in this country, the FDA said in its
In yet another sign that bird flu is spreading widely among mammals, a new report finds more than half of cats at the first Texas dairy farm to have cows test positive for bird flu this spring died after drinking raw milk.
Published Tuesday in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, the report details the earl...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- May 1, 2024
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Live bird flu virus has not been found in any of the first batch of retail milk samples tested, federal health officials said Friday.
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows, the early findings should reassure the public that the milk sold in stores remains safe, officials added.
In the
A long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes has been delayed indefinitely, the Biden administration said Friday.
“This rule has garnered historic attention, and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice movement,” U.S. Health and Human Service Secretary
Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
The finding suggests that bird flu has spread far more widely among dairy cows than officials first thou...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- April 26, 2024
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Bits of inactive bird flu virus have been discovered in samples of pasteurized milk from across the United States, health officials said Tuesday, although they stressed the viral fragments don't threaten humans.
However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did note that testing suggests that bird flu has likely infected far more dairy cows than officials realized.
Still, “to dat...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- April 24, 2024
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Two implanted heart devices used by patients in end-stage heart failure are now under a strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall, after being tied to 273 known injuries and 14 deaths, the agency said Tuesday.
The HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 are manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- April 17, 2024
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Phillips Respironics, the company responsible for the recall of millions of defective sleep apnea machines since 2021, must overhaul its production of the machines before it can resume making them in the United States, federal officials announced Tuesday.
Under a settlement reached with the company, Phillips must revamp its manufacturing and quality control systems and hire independent ex...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- April 10, 2024
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New research questions the effectiveness of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's accelerated drug approval program after finding that many cancer drugs remain unproven five years later.
The study, published Sunday in the Journal of the American Medical Association and presented simultaneously at the Americ...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- April 8, 2024
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A test to gauge if it's safe to prescribe a patient an addictive opioid may have been approved too soon by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claims a letter sent to the agency by a group of experts.
The test, called AvertD, is meant to screen for genetic markers suggesting that a person has a higher likelihood of developing an opioid use disorder (OUD). If the test result is positive...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- April 5, 2024
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THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 (HealthDayNews) -- Following disappointing trial results, the maker of a controversial ALS drug said it is pulling the medication off the market.
In a
Three anti-smoking groups announced Tuesday that they have sued the U.S. government yet again after it missed its latest deadline for enacting a ban on menthol cigarettes.
This is the second lawsuit that the plaintiffs -- the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, Action on Smoking and Health...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- April 3, 2024
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A new warning is being issued over a heart pump whose use could perforate the heart.
The device has already been linked to over 100 injuries and 49 deaths.
These left-sided Impella heart pumps are made by Abiomed, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Abiomed posted the new
Some pain-relieving skin products contain potentially harmful doses of the numbing agent lidocaine and should be avoided, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
These creams, gels, sprays and soaps are marketed for topical use to relieve the pain of cosmetic procedures like microdermabrasion, laser hair removal, tattooing and
Federal regulators are taking a second stab at banning the controversial use of electroshock devices to manage the behavior of patients with intellectual and developmental disorders.
The devices deliver electric shocks to a patient's skin, in an attempt to stop them from harming themselves or lashing out physically at others, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in its Monday ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 25, 2024
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Millions of Americans whose livers develop scar tissue due to a common disease now have the first approved drug, Rezdiffra, to treat the condition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday.
The condition is called non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH with liver scarring is thought to affect up to 8 million Americans. It's often tied to high blood pressu...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- March 15, 2024
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Following disappointing trial results, the maker of a controversial ALS drug may pull the medication off the market.
In a statement issued Friday, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals said that Relyvrio failed to help patients in a large follow-up study, but th...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- March 11, 2024
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Instead of approving the new Alzheimer's drug donanemab this month, as was expected, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will now require the experimental medication be scrutinized more closely by an expert panel, the drug's maker said Friday.
“The FDA has informed Lilly it wants to further understand topics related to evaluating the safety and efficacy of donanemab, including the saf...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- March 8, 2024
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Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata: Millions of bleary-eyed Americans turn to this class of so-called "Z-drugs" to get restful sleep.
But how do these drugs work, and do they come with risks?
Experts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have issued an
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a health advisory Wednesday warning consumers that six brands of ground cinnamon are tainted with lead.
The FDA urged folks to throw away and not buy the following brands of ground cinnamon...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 6, 2024
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Eye ointment products made in India and sold in the United States at Walmart, CVS and other retailers are being recalled due to a danger of infection.
Brassica Pharma Pvt. Ltd., of Maharastra, India, said it is recalling various eye lubricant products labeled Equate, CVS Health and AACE. Recalled products will have expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025.
"For...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- February 27, 2024
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Some Americans living with diabetes are using smartwatches and smart rings that claim to be able to track their blood sugar.
However, such claims from any device that does not pierce the skin are fraudulent and potentially dangerous, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned in an
Novo Nordisk has settled lawsuits against two Florida businesses that claimed to sell copycat versions of its popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.
The Danish drugmaker announced the settlements Friday, according to NBC News.
The move capped a legal battle that began in late November when the company filed 12 lawsuits against clinics, medical spas and compound...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- February 12, 2024
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A company in Ecuador that processed the cinnamon used in flavored applesauce pouches destined for the American market is the likely source of lead contamination in those products, U.S. investigators said.
In an update to its investigatio...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- February 7, 2024
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday addressed a continuing issue with pulse oximeters -- that they give less accurate readings for folks with darker skin.
The devices are designed to measure oxygen levels in the blood, so correct readings are critical, experts say.
During its daylong
Certain copycat eyedrops may be contaminated and could give users an antibiotic-resistant eye infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.
The packaging for South Moon, Rebright and FivFivGo eyedrops mirrors the packaging for Bausch & Lomb's Lumify eyedrops, an over-the-counter product approved for red eye relief.
However, samples of the knockoff South Moon...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- February 1, 2024
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Following a recall of millions of its breathing machines that began in mid-2021, Phillips Respironics announced Monday that it would halt sales of all such machines within the United States.
The machines include continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices used by people with sleep apnea, as well as ventilators used by other patients.
The
The maker of Robitussin has recalled eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max Nighttime Adult cough syrups.
The products, which are made by Haleon, may be contaminated with a microbe, and "in immunocompromised individuals, the use of the affected product could potentially result in severe or life-threatening adverse events such as fungemia or disseminate...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- January 25, 2024
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (Healthday News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told drugmakers to add a boxed warning to a type of cancer treatment called CAR-T therapy, saying the treatment itself may sometimes cause a secondary cancer.
Still, FDA spokesperson Carly Kempler told NBC News
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- January 24, 2024
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Casgevy, a groundbreaking treatment that was approved to treat sickle cell disease in December, was given the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's blessing on Tuesday to treat another inherited blood disorder.
Casgevy is the first CRISPR-based medicine, where gene editing is used to develop the treatment, to be approved for use in the United States.
The one-time dose permanently chan...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- January 17, 2024
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Scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conclude in newly released documents that marijuana has less potential for abuse than other drugs with the same restrictions and it should be reclassified as a less dangerous drug.
Not only that, the review found there is some evidence backing its use as a medical treatment.
Right now, cannabis is classified as a
Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, which have become a wildly popular way to lose weight or battle diabetes, show no link to suicidal thoughts or actions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
“Our preliminary evaluation has not found evidence that use of these medicines causes suicidal thoughts or actions,” an FDA
Amid an ongoing shortage of the first-line treatment for syphilis in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow the importation of a different syphilis drug from a French drugmaker.
In a letter from Laboratoires Delbert, the Paris-based company said it's working with the FDA to temporarily import 3.5 million ...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- January 11, 2024
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Applesauce fruit puree pouches under recall and investigation for toxic lead levels may also contain another toxin, chromium, according to an update released Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The products under recall are Wana...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- January 8, 2024
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At least 251 cases of lead poisoning linked to tainted fruit puree pouches have now been reported in 34 states, U.S. health officials said.
That's up from 205 cases reported in the last weekly tally, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention noted in its latest update
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- December 27, 2023
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Blue Ridge Beef, a maker of raw pet foods, has announced it is recalling some of its products for kittens and puppies because of possible contamination with salmonella and listeria.
After being notified earlier this month by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that health officials found salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in certain products, the...
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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- December 27, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has uncovered counterfeit Ozempic shots in the legitimate U.S. drug supply chain, and is warning patients to be on their guard.
The FDA said Thursday that it has seized thousands of counterfeit dos...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- December 22, 2023
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People are being maimed by unauthorized fat-dissolving injections meant to tighten up double chins and dissipate flab along the arms, thighs and stomach, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
The shots are supposed to break down fat cells and reduce fat deposits in the areas around the injection sites.
But adverse reactions from the unapproved injections are causing scarring,...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- December 22, 2023
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A man becoming incredibly uncomfortable when a woman starts crying -- to the point he'll do anything to make her stop -- is a reliable old chestnut in TV and movies.
But there appears to be a biochemical truth to that cliché, a new study reports.
Women's tears contain scent-borne chemicals that block aggression in men, according to research published in the journal PLOS Biology...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- December 22, 2023
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