FDA Will Now Require Labeling of ADHD Medication to Indicate Weight Loss Risk
2025-07-02
Agency will require a Limitation of Use section in the prescribing information of all extended-release ADHD stimulantsContinue Reading
Livestock Manure Could Be Source Of Antibiotic Resistance, Researchers Warn
2025-07-02
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global public health threat, as more microbes gain the ability to thwart essential bacteria-killing drugs. And there’s a hidden means by which antibiotic resistance is likely increasing, researchers say. Manure from livestock is a major reservoir for antibioticContinue Reading
Tens Of Thousands of Heart Attacks, Strokes Could Be Prevented With This Prescription
2025-07-02
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tens of thousands of people suffer needless heart attacks and strokes every year because they aren’t taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study says. More than 39,000 deaths, nearly 100,000 non-fatal heart attacks and up to 65,000 strokes in the U.S. could be preventedContinue Reading
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Anti-Vaccine Group’s Free Speech Case
2025-07-01
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its vaccine-related content. The Children’s Health Defense sued Meta Platforms, the parentContinue Reading
Moderna’s New Flu Shot Shows Strong Results in Older Adults
2025-07-01
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Moderna’s new flu vaccine, based on the same mRNA technology used in its COVID-19 shot, showed promising results in a major trial, the company announced Monday. The vaccine, called mRNA-1010, was tested in a Phase 3 study in adults aged 50 and older.Continue Reading
FDA Approves Benlysta Autoinjector for Pediatric Patients With Active Lupus Nephritis
2025-06-30
Benlysta is the first and only approved autoinjector biologic for both systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritisContinue Reading
U.S. Stops Funding for Gavi Global Vaccine Program, Sparking Backlash
2025-06-27
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday. The decision was made public in a video shared at a GaviContinue Reading
RFK Jr.-Appointed Vaccine Panel Removes Flu Shot Ingredient
2025-06-27
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to stop recommending flu shots that contain thimerosal, a move that experts say may reduce access to vaccines without making them any safer. The vote came from a newly appointed group of people that now makeContinue Reading
COVID Vaccine Labels To Warn of Rare Heart Risk
2025-06-27
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new warnings to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart condition that mostly affects young men. The update expands earlier warnings about myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, The Associated PressContinue Reading
Ex-Vaccine Panelist Speaks Out on Firing, New Committee
2025-06-26
Thursday, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been soberly and deliberately helping set U.S. vaccination policy for more than 60 years. During that time, its members have been thoroughly vetted through a grueling nomination process, before they take up the workContinue Reading