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A nurse fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine in the Staten Island borough of New York on April 8, 2021. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended that COVID booster shots be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronaviru

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FDA says COVID boosters for the fall must target newer omicron types

4:05pm June 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

With immunity waning and the super-contagious omicron family of variants getting better at dodging protection, the Food and Drug Administration decided boosters intended for fall needed an update.

A health worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Chester, Pa., on Dec. 15, 2021.

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FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for the fall

5:30pm June 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe, but a combination shot is expected that adds protection against a version of the omicron variant to the original vaccine.

Packages of Juul mint-flavored e-cigarettes are displayed at a smoke shop in 2019.

The FDA orders Juul to pull all of its vaping products from the U.S. market

1:21pm June 23, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The company "will finally be held accountable for creating the youth vaping epidemic," the advocacy group Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes told NPR. Juul said it plans to fight the decision.

The FDA hopes that a new limit on nicotine levels in cigarettes will help people stop smoking or avoid the habit altogether.

The FDA knows nicotine is addictive. It wants to regulate it for the first time

6:27pm June 22, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The Food and Drug Administration is poised to set a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and some other tobacco products, looking to make them less addictive and wean smokers off the habit.

A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., in November 2021. A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency expand authorization of C

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Advisers to the FDA back COVID vaccines for the youngest children

4:18pm June 15, 2022

by Scott Hensley

A committee of experts voted unanimously to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for children as young as 6-months-old.

Dr. Stephaun Wallace, who leads the global external relations strategies for the COVID-19 Prevention Network at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, receives his second injection from Dr. Tia Babu during the Novavax vaccine phase 3 clini

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Advisers to the FDA back Novavax COVID vaccine

5:21pm June 07, 2022

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly voted to recommend that it authorize Novavax's two-dose vaccine against COVID-19.

A sign limiting baby formula purchases is seen on a shelf at a grocery store in Salt Lake City.

The FDA is facing an investigation into its handling of the baby formula shortage

7:17pm June 03, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The Department of Health and Human Services wants to know if the FDA followed its rules and procedures in investigating the contamination of baby formula and recalling it.

Syringes filled with the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine were prepared for use at a vaccination center in Berlin, Germany, in February. Soon the vaccine could become available in the U.S.

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Novavax's COVID vaccine nears the finish line

1:27pm June 03, 2022

by Rob Stein

The Novavax vaccine appears to be about 90% effective at preventing mild, moderate and severe COVID-19, Food and Drug Administration scientists say in an analysis of the company's data.

Infant formula made by a subsidiary of Reckitt is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage on Saturday in Houston. The FDA announced a preliminary agreement with Abbott, a competitor, to restart production at a Michigan fac

FDA head says baby formula factory could reopen in the next week or two

3:49pm May 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

But Abbott has said that, after production resumes, it could take about two months before new formula begins arriving in stores. The company's factory has been closed due to contamination problems.

A woman shops for baby formula in Annapolis, Md., on May 16. Only a handful of companies supply baby formula in the country, a factor that has contributed to the current shortages being experienced in parts of the country.

How the U.S. got into this baby formula mess

10:07am May 19, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Just a handful of formula makers dominate the industry so a single plant shutdown can lead to empty shelves.

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