The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a third over-the-counter version of naloxone nasal spray Tuesday, in a move the agency said could save lives and reduce costs. The agency approved another Rextovy, a 4 milligram naloxone nasal spray for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose. FDA said consumers may directly buy it in pharmacies, convenience stores and online. Naloxone is a...
An American passenger exposed to the hantavirus on a cruise ship was ordered to remain in quarantine in Nebraska against her will and despite a federal medical review recommending she could leave. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed an updated order Monday to continue keeping Angela Perryman isolated in quarantine at a facility in Nebraska, even though a review from...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Monday announced the launch of a new office aimed at reducing the use of animal-based research testing and boosting the use of testing methods that "better reflect human biology." NIH's new office will be named the Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA). Reducing animal testing has...
Senate Democrats on Tuesday released a blueprint of proposals to lower prescription drug costs, as Democrats focus on affordability to provide a counter message to the White House and help Democrats win back control of Congress. High prescription drug costs are a persistent concern for voters of both parties. President Trump has been touting his own efforts of voluntary pricing deals...
The COVID-19 vaccine lowered the risk of cardiovascular issues associated with the virus by around 40 percent, according to new research. The study, which was published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday, studied the incidence of medical events like strokes and heart attacks in veterans immunized for COVID-19. The study found that the vaccine decreased...
(KRON) -- The County of Santa Clara Public Health Department is warning of a public measles exposure in San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Santa Clara County. Santa Clara Public Health said the person visited public places while contagious with measles, traveling through SFO and other several San Jose locations on June 8. "The person...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have issued a recall for alfredo sauce distributed to dozens of U.S. states by a supplier because of potential salmonella contamination. The sauce was voluntarily recalled by the supplier because it contained a dry milk powder ingredient that was possibly contaminated with salmonella, according to a U.S. Food and...
Millions of dollars' worth of contraceptives meant to be distributed to low-income nations in Africa have expired, but the Trump administration is paying tens of thousands of dollars a month to keep them in storage in Belgium, according to a report from the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) inspector general. About $9.7 million worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives purchased by USAID and...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is demanding answers from a science journal on why a study regarding vaccination and sudden infant death was removed from the publication. In a letter dated June 11, Kennedy wrote to Toxicology Reports Editor-in-Chief Lawrence H. Lash concerning a 2021 study titled "Vaccines and sudden infant...
A new Reuters/Ipsos survey found that President Trump’s approval rating among rural Americans has sunk to a new low. The poll, conducted June 3-8, found that 50 percent of respondents from rural areas approved of Trump. In February 2025, 60 percent of respondents to a similar survey approved of the president. Trump’s disapproval rating among...
The British government is banning access to social media for children under 16, joining just a few countries across the globe trying to protect kids online through a strict age-based restriction on certain applications and platforms. The move, announced Monday by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, makes the United Kingdom the fifth nation to pursue an...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved the first new sunscreen filter in more than two decades, sparking industry wide excitement. And while this ingredient will be new to the U.S., it's far from new to the market internationally. The FDA broke a 27-year dry spell on Tuesday when it added bemotrizinol, sold under the brand name PARSOL®...