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News Articles: FDA

Nurse Christina Garibay administers Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to a man at a community outreach event in Los Angeles in August.

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  • Health

An FDA panel of experts backs J&J COVID vaccine booster

A panel of experts voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at least two months after the first shot.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
Restaurant food and packaged foods are often high in salt to make them more palatable. The Food and Drug Administration wants to see the food industry gradually reduce sodium levels in these foods.

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  • Health

Eating too much salt is making Americans sick. Even a 12% reduction can save lives

The FDA has issued new targets to reduce the amount of salt that manufacturers put in their foods. It could prevent thousands of cases of cardiovascular disease.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
Janet Gerber, a health department worker in Louisville, Ky., processes boxes containing vials of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine in March.

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  • Health

FDA analysis of J&J COVID vaccine booster sets the stage for public hearing

Johnson & Johnson has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for people 18 and older six months after initial immunization, with an option to vaccinate after two months.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
A nurse prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a San Antonio senior center in March. A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to review Moderna's booster shot.

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  • Health

Moderna and J&J say their data supports COVID vaccine boosters

The Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents Tuesday on booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines ahead of a two-day advisory meeting that starts Thursday.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
Coppertone has issued a recall for five of its aerosol sunscreen products after finding benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in some batches.

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  • Business

Coppertone recalls 5 sunscreen sprays because of a cancer-causing chemical

The company says that daily exposure levels believed to be detected in the products likely would not cause "adverse health consequences."

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, appears before a Senate committee in July. Many public health leaders say letting the agency go so long without a permanent director has demoralized staff and sends the wrong message about the agency's importance.

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  • Health

The FDA Has Been Without A Permanent Leader For 8 Months As COVID Cases Climb

Dr. Janet Woodcock, an administrative veteran of the Food and Drug Administration since the 1980s, has been acting director of the agency since January. Why is the permanent job so hard to fill?

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Rachana Pradhan
A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City this year.

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  • Health

Federal Health Officials Want The White House To Slow Its COVID Booster Shot Rollout

The leaders of two federal health agencies are telling White House COVID-19 advisers that there is not enough data right now to make a blanket recommendation on boosters.

September 03, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Neel
A third shot of the Moderna vaccine boosts protection across age groups, notably in older adults, the company says.

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  • Health

Moderna Has Asked The FDA To Authorize A Booster Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

Moderna submitted data from 344 volunteers who got a third shot of the vaccine six months after their first two doses. The additional shot significantly boosted immunity, the company said.

September 02, 2021
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  • Jane Greenhalgh
Health care providers who administer a COVID-19 vaccine "off-label" face legal liability, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.

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  • Health

CDC Warns Against Off-Label Use Of COVID Vaccine

Using the COVID vaccine "off-label" — whether that's for booster shots or young children — may be tempting to some vaccine providers, but the CDC warns it could get them into trouble.

September 02, 2021
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin and
  • Pien Huang
A Palestinian medic administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine during an inoculation campaign at a medical center in Gaza City on Aug. 23.

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  • Health

Why Pfizer's FDA Approval Matters And What It Means For Vaccine Mandates

The FDA announced the Pfizer vaccine is the first in the U.S. that is now fully approved. Here's what that means for vaccine mandates and convincing vaccine-hesitant people to get vaccinated.

August 24, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
The FDA sent a warning letter to Midwestern Pet Foods after an inspection found high levels of aflatoxin in their food and poor food safety programs. Here, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier is pictured.

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  • Animals

The FDA Suspects Tainted Pet Foods Poisoned Hundreds Of Dogs

More than 130 dogs died, 220 were sickened, and Midwestern Pet Food had inadequate food safety practices, the agency says. The company has recalled several products.

August 18, 2021
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By:
  • Josie Fischels
The FDA recently expanded a recall of frozen shrimp products from Avanti Frozen Foods.

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  • Health

Frozen Shrimp Sold At Target, Whole Foods And Meijer Is Recalled

The FDA has expanded a nationwide recall of shrimp products from Avanti Frozen Foods sold at major retailers. So far, nine people in four states have contracted salmonella; three were hospitalized.

August 16, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
The FDA announced that it has authorized a third COVID-19 vaccine dose for people with weakened immune systems.

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  • Health

FDA Authorizes 3rd COVID-19 Dose For People With Weakened Immunity

The FDA amended its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to allow for an additional dose for some immunocompromised people.

August 13, 2021
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Jane Greenhalgh
In this Jan. 31, 2020 photo, a vape shop manager shows Puff Bar flavored disposable vape devices at a store in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

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  • Health

Fewer Kids Would Vape If Flavors Are Banned, FDA Acting Commissioner Suggests

In a U.S. House subcommittee meeting Wednesday, Dr. Janet Woodcock, the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, agreed that “any flavor of e-cigarette left on the market is likely to encourage youth to start vaping” and that “if FDA banned all flavored e-cigarettes, less kids would continue to vape.”

The FDA is in the process of determining which, if any, e-cigarette manufacturers will be permitted to stay on the market.

June 24, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Dr. Aaron Kesselheim (left), a professor at Harvard Medical School, at a documentary film screening in 2018 in Boston. He has resigned from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel over the FDA's decision to approve an Alzheimer's drug.

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  • Medical Treatments

3 Experts Have Resigned From An FDA Committee Over Alzheimer's Drug Approval

In his resignation letter, Dr. Aaron Kesselheim calls it "probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history." An FDA official says the agency found the benefits outweighed the risks.

June 12, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
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