Biden Names Former North Carolina Health Secretary to Be New CDC Director
FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The White House announced Friday that a former Obama administration official with extensive experience in federal and state health services will be named the next leader of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Learn MoreFDA Advisers Say Next Round of COVID Booster Shots Should Target an XBB Variant
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that COVID booster shots be updated for the fall to protect solely against one of the three XBB variants …
Learn MoreSmoke From Canadian Wildfires Blackens Skies, Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Much of U.S.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires that have been spreading throughout Canada in recent weeks are now spewing tons of smoke southward into the United States.The smoke was so thick on Tuesday that New York City’s skyline could not be…
Learn MoreFDA Advisors OK Approval of First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a unanimous vote, a panel of expert advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday endorsed the over-the-counter sale of a birth control pill, a recommendation that will likely pave the wa…
Learn MoreU.S. Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Pill Widely Available While Appeal Continues
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the abortion pill mifepristone can remain widely available while litigation over its fate winds its way through the court system.In the meantime, the order effectiv…
Learn MoreSupreme Court Delays Decision on Abortion Pill Ruling
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday delayed a decision on a federal appeals court ruling that seeks to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone.In a brief order, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. said the pause on …
Learn MoreIn Emergency Filing, Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Keep Abortion Pill Fully Available
FRIDAY, April 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration filed an emergency application on Friday that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to pause parts of a recent federal ruling that limit the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone.On We…
Learn MoreAppeals Court Keeps Abortion Pill Available, With Restrictions
THURSDAY, April 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday said the abortion pill mifepristone could remain available for now. But the court’s judges added some provisions to their ruling: A block on mailing the pill to patients…
Learn MoreFDA Withdraws Approval of Drug Meant to Prevent Preterm Births
THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a drug that was meant to prevent preterm births.Sold as Makena, the drug was first approved in 2011 under the FDA’s acceler…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Nasal Spray for Opioid Overdoses
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the over-the-counter use of a nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose.Research has shown that wider availability of naloxone (Narcan) cou…
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