Biden to Lift COVID-19 Emergencies in May
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The two COVID-19 emergency measures declared by the White House at the start of the pandemic will end in May.President Joe Biden informed Congress of the plan on Monday, as part of a statement opposing House …
Learn MoreAfter Baby Formula Scandal, FDA Announces New Unit Focused on Food Safety
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stung by recent food safety scandals — most notably last year’s infant formula shortage, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it is creating a new unit devoted to food safety. The new…
Learn MoreHit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Canadian Province Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Hard Drugs
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — To fight an urgent opioid overdose crisis, a Canadian province took an unusual step on Tuesday.British Columbia decriminalized small amounts of several hard drugs. This includes up to 2.5 grams of cocaine, he…
Learn MoreUtah Becomes First State to Ban Transgender Health Care for Minors
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Transgender youth in Utah are now blocked from receiving gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill Saturday that largely bans such care for youth. Cox said that the ban …
Learn MoreRenuncia el principal funcionario de la FDA implicado en el fiasco de la fórmula infantil
JUEVES, 26 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El miércoles, un funcionario de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. que había dirigido los esfuerzos de políticas alimentarias de la agencia desde 2018 anunció su renuncia. Fra…
Learn MoreTop FDA Official Involved in Baby Formula Debacle Resigns
THURSDAY, Jan. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration official who has led the agency’s food policy efforts since 2018 announced his resignation on Wednesday.Frank Yiannas was also among the top officials leading the agency r…
Learn MoreIs Your State Among the Worst for Tobacco Control?
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to tobacco control, some states do a far better job than others of preventing and reducing smoking.A new report from the American Lung Association (ALA) notes that California, Maine, Massachus…
Learn MoreUn informe describe un plan nacional para detectar gérmenes nocivos en las aguas residuales
VIERNES, 20 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La pandemia le dio protagonismo a la evaluación de las aguas residuales para medir la propagación viral.Ahora, unos expertos de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias (NAS), una organización independiente, pu…
Learn MoreNew USDA Rule Ramps Up Oversight of Organic Food
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Organic food will soon have to comply with stricter labeling guidelines under new requirements announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).In what the Organic Trade Organization (OTA) calle…
Learn MoreReport Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore. Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report outlining a roadmap for the…
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