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The FDA, the Food and Drug Administration, by its name sounds like a reputable government department necessary for ensuring the health and safety of the public, and many Americans rationally …

IBM Watson Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are partnering to investigate how blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) can benefit the healthcare field. This follows up …

Just when you thought you knew what healthy was, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to shake it up – partly in response to a petition from the company …

Consider the lucky patient who, back in the early 90s, visited his doctor for allergy symptoms and was given a prescription for the antihistamine Seldane (the brand name for Terfenadine).  …

The Senate parliamentarian has approved a Republican plan to block Medicaid funding from going to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.  The ruling allows the measure to be included in the …

A new study has found that the virus that causes cold sores may be linked to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers analyzing the medical records of over …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced …

Top Biden health officials withheld key warnings about heart inflammation risks tied to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new Senate investigation released Wednesday by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). The …

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preparing to withdraw federal recommendations that children and pregnant women receive routine COVID-19 vaccinations, according to The Wall Street Journal. The …

U.S. health authorities are now advising older Americans to avoid the chikungunya vaccine. The warning follows reports of life-threatening complications, including two deaths, in recently vaccinated seniors. The Centers for …