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COVID Vaccine CDC

CDC ends COVID shots recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women

First-of-its-kind Alzheimer's blood test made by Malvern company gets FDA clearance

Alzheimer's Blood Test

New FDA restrictions will make COVID-19 vaccines only available to elderly and people with medical conditions

Children's Health

FDA takes first step to remove fluoride tablets and drops for children from the market

Fluoride Tablets Drops Ban

Children's Health

Federal health agencies to analyze nutritional content of baby formula

FDA infant formula

More teens are using nicotine pouches – a tobacco product touted as a smoking alternative

Nicotine Pouches Teens

First at-home test for HPV, the most common cause of cervical cancer, gains FDA approval

HPV home test

FDA plans to ban artificial food dyes by the end of the year

Food Dye Ban

Blue Ridge Beef recalls pet food due to potential salmonella, listeria contamination

blue ridge beef pet food recall

Texas Pete hot sauce products recalled due to undeclared sulfites, mislabeling

texas pete buffalo sauce recall

Aldi shredded cheese recalled due to potential metal contamination

aldi shredded cheese recall

Children's Health

Arsenic, lead among contaminants found in many baby formulas, Consumer Reports finds

Baby Formula Lead

How the FDA opens the door to risky chemicals in America's food supply

Chemicals Food Supply

With RFK Jr. in charge, supplement makers see chance to cash in

RFK Jr Supplements

11 deaths reported in listeria outbreak linked to supplemental shakes served in long-term care facilities

fda listeria supplemental shakes

2 million doughnuts and other pastries recalled due to potential listeria contamination

doughnut recall fda listeria

Led by RFK Jr., conservatives embrace raw milk. Regulators say it's dangerous

Raw Milk RFK

Junk food turns public villain as power shifts in Washington

Junk Food Health

The FDA wants to limit nicotine in cigarettes — a move that could save millions of lives

FDA nicotine limit

Red dye found in many types of candy, medicine banned by the FDA

red dye ban fda

Systane eye drops recalled due to potential fungal contamination

systane eye drop recall

FDA upgrades its definition of 'healthy' food for first time in 3 decades

Cereal Boxes Grocery Store

How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch

Robert Kennedy Jr Illness

Menthol cigarette ban would push people toward therapies to quit smoking, study suggests

Menthol Cigarette Study

The FDA wants to put nutrition warnings on the fronts of food packages to reduce obesity, other health conditions

Apple juice sold at Walmart recalled due to arsenic levels

New COVID-19 shots will be available soon, and Philly doctors say most people should get them

COVID vaccines 2024

First blood test for colorectal cancer offers a less invasive screening option than colonoscopies

colorectal cancer blood test

Nutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into info

Nutrition Facts Labels

FDA warns Horsham-based Bimbo Bakeries USA to stop 'misbranding' products

Bimbo bread

Diamond Shruumz microdose chocolate may cause seizures, FDA warns

Diamond Shruumz Chocolate

FDA advisory panel votes against MDMA for treatment of PTSD

MDMA FDA Panel

Decaf coffee often contains chemical that may cause cancer, advocacy groups say

decaf chemicals cancer

What's keeping the U.S. from allowing better sunscreens?

Sunscreen UVA Rays

New drug protects people with weakened immune systems from COVID-19

COVID Vaccine Pemgarda

Asthma meds have become shockingly unaffordable − but relief may be on the way

Asthma Inhaler Prices

Walgreens stores in Pennsylvania to begin selling abortion pill mifepristone

Poison control calls about 'gas station heroin' have risen sharply in New Jersey

Gas Station Heroin

Don't let 'FDA-approved' or 'patented' in ads give you a false sense of security

Advertising Supplements FDA

Caught a cold or the flu? Don't take too much Tylenol, FDA warns

Tylenol Overuse Risk

A new test lets doctors screen patients for risk of opioid addiction, but some fear it will provide a false sense of security

Opioid Genetic Test

3 brands of applesauce pouches recalled due to potential lead contamination

FDA Fruit Pouch Recall Weis

Eye drops sold at Target, CVS and Rite Aid may cause infections, FDA says

Eye Drops FDA Warning

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