Tag: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA warns doctors to stop using heart pump tied to deaths
WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators warned surgeons Thursday to stop implanting a heart pump made by Medtronic due to power failures recently tied to...
FDA OKs 1st targeted drug for common lung cancer mutation
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — U.S. regulators have approved the first medicine for patients with the most common type of lung cancer whose tumors have...
Moderna says its COVID-19 shot works in kids as young as 12
Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become...
EXPLAINER: How COVID-19 vaccines will work for kids in US
NEW YORK — Children ages 12 and older can now roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., offering parents and schools...
EXPLAINER: How activists target CDC vaccine tracking system
Once, getting vaccinated was all but routine. But since the heightened public awareness around the new COVID-19 vaccines, it’s a different story. Now, it...
Parents excited over prospect of virus shots for children
MISSION, Kan. — After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year son with a rare liver disease, Heather Ousley broke into tears...
US approves high-dose opioid reversal nasal spray from Hikma
U.S. regulators on Friday approved the first high-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses.
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South Africa resumes giving J&J jabs to health care workers
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has resumed giving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to health care workers after a more than two-week pause in the...
FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused
The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the...
California’s public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine
SAN FRANCISCO — Two of the nation's largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on...