Anton Petrus / Getty Images FDA Grants 'Accelerated Approval' for Vaccine Against Life-Threatening Mosquito-Borne Virus Once Unheard of in US The FDA has approved a vaccine for a disease that is currently having its greatest impact on South and Central America. By Jack Davis November 13, 2023
Maddie Meyer / Getty Images CVS Takes Top Cold Medicines Off the Shelves After New FDA Study The drug store chain CVS is pulling some kinds of over-the-counter medicines after an FDA panel said they don't actually work. By Jack Davis October 23, 2023
Callista Images / Getty ImagesCommentary FDA's Smug Anti-Ivermectin Post Backfires, Agency Forced in Court to Again Acknowledge Drug Is OK to Prescribe "What about when it said, 'No, stop it'? Why isn't that a command? If you were in English class, they would say that was a command." By Warner Todd Huston August 12, 2023
fongbeerredhot / ShutterstockOp-Ed Op-Ed: FDA Puts Political Agenda Above Women's Health by Approving New Over-the-Counter Contraceptive The FDA has approved the sale of the cancer-causing contraceptive Opill without a doctor’s prescription. By James Harden August 10, 2023
Scott Olson / Getty Images; John Lamparski / Getty ImagesCommentary DeSantis Asked If He'd Consider RFK Jr. as VP, Reveals Other Possibilities for Kennedy in His Admin DeSantis added that before any appointment, "conservative voters" would want several of Kennedy's "positions flushed out." By C. Douglas Golden July 27, 2023
Manuel Balce Ceneta / APCommentary Did FDA Approve New Drug to Help Biden in His 2024 Re-Election Campaign? Did the FDA approve new Alzheimer's drug Leqembi to improve President Joe Biden's reelection odds in lieu of decreasing cognitive health By Laura Wellington July 19, 2023
Mark J. Terrill - File / AP Senator Calls on FDA to Investigate New Drinks: 'Not Recommended for Children Under 18' A new energy drink has gone viral, but now one senator wants to investigate the beverage and the risks it poses to children. By The Associated Press July 9, 2023
Mario Tama / Getty Images Big Reclassification Underway for 'Safe' Ingredient Found All Over Grocery Stores - Check Your Labels Now One organization said the report could "mislead consumers into consuming more sugar rather than choosing safe no- and low-sugar options." By Lorri Wickenhauser June 29, 2023
Robert Nickelsberg / Getty ImagesCommentary Nutritionist Sounds Alarm on Lab-Grown Meat After FDA Approval: 'I'd Rather Eat My Shoe' Not only does slushy cell meat sound completely disgusting, it's not cheap either - a synthetic burger could cost as much as $100. By Rachel M. Emmanuel June 29, 2023
Evan Vucci / AP Photo Joe Biden Is 'Very Open-Minded' About Psychedelic Drugs as Medical Treatment, Brother Says "My opinion is that we are on the cusp of a consciousness that needs to be brought about to solve a lot of the problems ." By The Associated Press June 28, 2023