Tag: Food and Drug Administration
First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women...
Cost of over-the-counter Narcan could be barrier to use
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to give an opioid overdose antidote over-the-counter status could help as illicit fentanyl floods of...
Missouri leads 20 AGs warning Walgreens, CVS about mailing abortion pills
Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 19 other attorneys general are warning Walgreens and CVS pharmacies that any plans to mail...
Joe Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage
President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply...
Abbott says agreement reached to reopen baby formula plant
Baby formula maker Abbott said Monday it has reached an agreement with U.S. health regulators to restart production at its largest domestic...
FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can...
Lindsey Stroud: No, the FDA does not need to regulate cannabis
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on April Fool’s Day. This non-foolish comprehensive cannabis-reform...
FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs. omicron
COVID-19 antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don’t work against the omicron variant that...
Pfizer vaccine booster dose authorized for children 12-15 years old
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announced new Covid-19 vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The...
Alabama to get limited supply of new COVID-19 treatment
With COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases on the rise in Alabama, the state will have a limited number of doses of a new...