Health Care
FDA panel narrowly endorses Pfizer vaccine for RSV in older adults
A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) narrowly voted in favor of the country's first...
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Experts say FDA needs more regulatory flexibility
Strict regulations on drug safety and testing make it difficult to develop new treatments for rare, obscure and deadly diseases,...
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Mississippi bans gender-affirming health care for trans minors
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation that bars medical professionals from providing gender-affirming health...
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Birx: US not doing enough to prevent another pandemic like COVID
Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as former President Trump's coronavirus response coordinator, said on Tuesday that the U.S. isn’t doing...
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FDA restricts imports of ‘tranq’ drug xylazine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said it would restrict imports of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that has...
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Biden to go on offensive against Republicans over budget fight in Virginia speech
President Biden is set to go in on congressional Republicans on Tuesday while giving a speech in Virginia Beach where...
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Zero-calorie sweetener popular in keto diets linked to strokes, heart attacks
A new study has found that a zero-calorie sweetener that is popular in ketogenic diets has been linked to strokes,...
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Joaquin Castro undergoes surgery for cancer
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) revealed that he underwent surgery on Monday to remove cancerous tumors that he says he was...
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COVID origin report reignites firestorm over ‘lab leak’ theory
A new federal assessment saying a lab leak was the likely origin of COVID-19 is feeding new oxygen into Republican...
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Fetterman doing well, ‘on a path to recovery,’ aides say
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is “doing well” and “remains on a path to recovery” according to his office on Monday,...
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