CDC director: Misinformation ‘lead to deadly consequence” in Atlanta
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta was attacked by a gunman on Friday. File Photo by Erike S. Lesser/EPA Aug.…
Man dead after Long Island MRI accident
A man in Long Island, N.Y. is dead after a metal chain he was wearing pulled him towards an MRI machine similar to the one…
Dozens of U.S. ice cream makers pledge to eliminate artificial colors
July 15 (UPI) -- Dozens of U.S. ice cream manufacturers are pledging to eliminate the use of artificial food colors from their ice cream products…
FDA approves long-lasting HIV-prevention drug
June 18 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that could prevent HIV infections with just two shots every year…
FDA commissioner Marty Makary to review safety of abortion drug mifepristone
June 4 (UPI) -- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he plans to review the safety of abortion drug mifepristone after a recent…
Eli Lilly sues telehealth companies for selling Mounjaro, Zepbound compounds
April 23 (UPI) -- Eli Lilly Wednesday filed lawsuits against four telehealth companies alleging they are deceiving consumers by selling compounds of slightly-different versions of…
Senate confirms Marty Makary as FDA commissoner
Martin Makary speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination to be Commissioner of the Food and Drugs Administration…
U.S. border officials in Indiana confiscate nearly $10K worth of fake Botox products
"These drugs can be expensive and hard to acquire in many locations, but cheap prices are not always the safest, especially when it comes to…
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. orders FDA to close food ingredients loophole
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to revise a rule that currently…
FDA cancels meeting to choose flu strains for next year’s vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday abruptly and unexpectedly canceled a planned March 13 vaccine advisory committee meeting that was to have chosen the flu…
For first time, FDA approves marketing of nicotine pouch products
Officials with the U..S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday OK'd the marketing of Zyn nicotine pouches to adults. Photo courtesy of the Food and…
National impact: Baby foods to list lead, mercury, other toxic metals in California
Parents throughout the nation will be able to learn the amounts of potentially dangerous heavy metals in baby foods thanks to a new California law…
2 ex-CEOs of Washington biotech company face 20 years after fraud convictions
Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A federal jury this week in Maryland convicted two ex-CEOs of a Washington biotech company for their role in a multi-million…
CDC, FDA probe tainted cucumbers that sickened 68 people in 19 states
1 of 2 | Cucumbers grown by Agrotato S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico, and sold by importer SunFed Produce of Nogales, Ariz., may be…
Bird flu contamination prompts recall of California raw milk
California dairy Raw Farm, LLC voluntarily recalled its raw milk Sunday after a sample tested positive for avian flu. The state reassured people that pasteurized…
Trump nominates surgeon general and directors of CDC and FDA
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday appointed a new surgeon general and directors of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and…
CBP: Chocolate confiscated at Buffalo, N.Y., entry point contained magic mushrooms
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said Friday that Port of Buffalo CBP officers found multiple commercial shipments of psilocybin in chocolate bricks in the previous…
Contradicting health experts, Fla. health chief advises seniors to avoid mRNA COVID-19 boosters
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo issued medical guidance this week advising the state's senior citizens to avoid getting COVID-19 boosters due to what he called…
Voluntary recall of apple juice with high levels of arsenic expands
A voluntary product recall involving high levels of arsenic detected in apple juice was expanded Friday in grocery stores across the United States. File Photo…
More than 9,500 cases of apple juice sold at Walmart recalled
Apple juice sold in Walmart stores east of the Mississippi River has been recalled because it contains inorganic arsenic, according to the FDA. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS…