Articles by Matthew Perrone
WASHINGTON (AP) Parasitic illness cases linked to recalled iceberg lettuce have now been confirmed in 20 states, federal health officials said Thursday, expanding the scope of the largest outbreak ofοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) Health advisers begin meeting Thursday to review more than a half-dozen peptides, unproven substances that have become a growing wellness trend despite little evidence they are safe oοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way thats previously only been available with expensive, injectableοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) When U.S. health officials meet next month to reconsider a list of controversial peptide drugs, they will hear from a new set of voices: doctors and pharmacists with deep financial tiοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) Its common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are trying to raise awareness of a lesser-known probleοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift that comes afterοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting this summer to consider easing restrictions on more than a half dozen peptide injections, a group of unapproved therapies that havοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a much-debated drug aimed at boosting female libido, saying the once-a-day pill can now be taken by postmenopausal women up to 65 yearsοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) Food and Drug Administration officials have opened a safety review of two injectable drugs used to protect babies and toddlers from RSV, the respiratory virus that sends thousands of οΏ½...
