The acting deputy commissioner for food said the agency was taking action even though finding the root cause of the outbreaks is difficult.
Prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket now let people wager money on drug approvals. Kalshi also plans to allow bets on clinical trial results.
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
Private entries, released by a Republican senator, have reignited a furious debate over whether Covid-19 leaked from a lab.
More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.
New York has endured significant outbreaks in recent years. Some experts say officials should focus more on risks in plumbing systems, even shower heads.
These specialized units can help keep older patients out of the hospital, lower their health care costs and more.
The voluntary recall included eggs produced in Texas and sold under several brand names in six states, the Food and Drug Administration said.
The committee endorsed broader use of the peptides in lightly regulated compounding pharmacies that have grown into a multibillion-dollar business.
Companies in Africa and India will make generic versions of the pill that could cost as little as $5 per person per year. But access to the drug and other new products in much of Latin America remains uncertain.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.
Senator Bill Cassidy, who is believed to hold the deciding vote in the Senate health committee for Dr. Erica Schwartz’s confirmation, had declined for days to say whether he would back her.
The administration canceled federal grants to organizations across the country, accusing them of encouraging premarital sex. New criteria say programs should stress abstinence.
A new nonprofit wants to streamline gene therapy for diseases often avoided by pharmaceutical companies — making treatment more like a routine procedure than a bespoke drug.
Eighteen Americans were isolated for weeks in a Nebraska quarantine facility after being exposed to the deadly virus on a cruise ship. Many found the experience traumatic.
Genetic prediction models are poised to revolutionize medicine. But because they have been trained on European DNA, they threaten to widen health care disparities.
I was drawn to and worried about this sort of therapy — maybe there were dangers in stirring things up.
The affected products were shipped starting June 29 and have expiration dates through Aug. 3.
A psychologist, he wrote during the AIDS crisis about survivor’s guilt and depression in his H.I.V.-negative patients.
The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped.
