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us food and drug administration news

Cyclospora outbreak: Why haven't health officials identified the source yet?

This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin.
Published on Jul 14, 2026 06:35 pm IST

Why did Marty Makary resign as FDA chief? Flavored vape clash explained

Dr. Marty Makary, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, attends an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, April 23, 2026, in Washington.
Published on May 13, 2026 02:30 am IST

Granules India gets US food regulator's warning for lapses at Telangana plant

Representational image: The USFDA has warned Granules India about the issues with their Telangana facility
Published on Mar 09, 2025 01:52 pm IST

Millions of granola bars recalled due to adverse health risks warning

A variety of MadeGood granola bars was recalled in December 2024 due to the possibility of metal presence. The FDA has updated the recall's risk classification.
Published on Feb 17, 2025 07:17 pm IST

Potentially life-threatening illness warning: Costco's Tuna products recalled

The impacted canned products bear the branded labels of Genova, H-E-B, Trader Joe’s, and Van Camp’s in over a dozen states and Washington D.C.
Published on Feb 12, 2025 05:58 pm IST

‘Consumption could cause death’: FDA's recall warning for 6,300 Lay's packets

The F.D.A. has upgraded a recall of over 6,000 bags of Frito-Lay Lay's Classic Potato Chips to a Class I recall, the agency's highest level of severity, to warn consumers of potentially serious or even deadly consequences from consuming the product which could contain undeclared milk.
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 04:06 pm IST

Trouble for Indian spices in US: FDA swoops in amid contamination allegations

FILE PHOTO: Boxes of Everest fish curry masala are stacked on the shelf of a shop at a market in Srinagar, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali/File Photo
Published on Apr 28, 2024 02:34 pm IST

Yogurt may reduce diabetes risk? Here's what US FDA says

Yogurt may reduce risk of of type 2 diabetes? Here's what US Food and Drug Administration says
Published on Mar 01, 2024 09:05 pm IST

Xolair: FDA approves first medication for severe allergy prevention

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Published on Feb 19, 2024 10:55 pm IST

Elon Musk's Neuralink on hunt for human trail partner. Why?

Elon Musk's Neuralink has been developing brain implants since 2016.
Published on Mar 27, 2023 04:18 pm IST

Unilever recalls Dove, TRESemme, aerosol dry shampoos over cancer risk

Unilever recalls Dove, TRESemme, aerosol dry shampoos over cancer risk
Updated on Oct 26, 2022 03:14 pm IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

Pharmacist Ron Simono fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccine clinic on Wednesday.
Updated on Dec 17, 2020 05:09 am IST

US FDA nod may give Pfizer’s approval case in India a boost

A medic administers COVAXIN, an Indian government-backed experimental COVID-19 vaccine, to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society in Ahmedabad.
Updated on Dec 12, 2020 07:32 am IST

US Covid-19 vaccine near, but deaths rising by 9/11 proportions each day

A mock vial of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is shown during a staff vaccine training session at UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, US on December 8, 2020.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 09:23 pm IST

On Covid-19 vaccine testing, Pfizer chief insists ‘we didn’t cut any corners’

Albert Bourla, of Pfizer, attends the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. The drugmaker Pfizer will replace CEO Ian Read with Chief Operating Officer Bourla in January. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP, File)
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 07:35 am IST

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine less effective when given in bigger doses: Report

AstraZeneca and Oxford reported results after 131 trial participants in the U.K. and Brazil contracted Covid 19. The average efficacy of 70% prevention sounded good, within the expectations of analysts and above a 50% standard the FDA had set for Covid vaccines.
Updated on Nov 24, 2020 11:01 am IST

Pfizer, BioNTech plan filing for authorisation as Covid-19 vaccine proves 95% effective

The vaccine’s efficacy in people older than 65 was more than 94%, the companies said.
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 06:14 pm IST

Moderna expecting to announce results of Covid-19 vaccine by end of month

A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Published on Nov 12, 2020 09:12 am IST

First US Covid-19 vaccines could ship late December or early January: Anthony Fauci

Practically speaking, Anthony Fauci said, the first vaccine doses would likely be deployed to individuals deemed most in need “by the end of December or the beginning of January.”
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 12:29 am IST

Astrazeneca cleared by US regulators to resume vaccine trial

Trials of the Astra-Oxford vaccine resumed weeks ago outside the U.S., in countries including the U.K., South Africa and Brazil.
Updated on Oct 24, 2020 01:59 am IST

Covid-19 vaccine updates: Trump planning on ‘enduring’ spread until vaccine rolls out

Bottles with Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine are seen before inoculation at a clinic in Tver, Russia.
Published on Oct 19, 2020 07:56 am IST

Donald Trump took two-week dose of hydroxychloroquine, feeling ‘absolutely great’: White House

Trump has called hydroxychloroquine a “game-changer” drug in the fight against the coronavirus.
Updated on May 29, 2020 08:53 am IST

Malaria drug holds out treatment hope amid coronavirus outbreak

A worker carries out fumigation at Grant Road in Mumbai on January 15.
Updated on Mar 21, 2020 05:51 am IST

Salmonella bacteria found in MDH sambhar masala sold in US, three lots recalled: Food regulator

The recalled MDH sambar masala was distributed in northern California retail stores, House Of Spices (India) said in a statement.
Updated on Sept 11, 2019 08:38 pm IST

US approves world’s costliest drug to treat rare childhood disorder

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis on Friday announced it had received US regulatory approval for a gene therapy that treats a rare childhood disorder and has a price tag of $2.1 million
Updated on May 25, 2019 01:33 pm IST

Drug controller issues advisory against pacemaker malfunction

Pacemakers and CTR-Ps are both implanted under the skin in the upper chest area with connecting insulated wires called leads that go into the heart
Published on May 19, 2019 06:50 am IST

India’s Hetero pulls heart drug from US amid cancer risk probes

The notice from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Hetero was found to be using a similar manufacturing process to China’s Zhejiang Huahai for valsartan.
Updated on Aug 11, 2018 03:21 pm IST

New drug to boost India’s efforts to end malaria by 2030

India had an estimated 1.31 million malaria cases and 23,990 deaths in India, according to the World Malaria Report 2017 by World Health Organisation (WHO).
Updated on Jul 22, 2018 09:57 am IST

Vaping industry to suffer due to Trump’s tariffs targeting e-cigarettes

Electronic cigarette devices sit on a counter at the NXNW Vapor store in Sacramento, California, US.
Updated on Jul 20, 2018 03:30 pm IST