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The Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products.

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FDA Extends Use Of COVID-19 Test For People With No Symptoms The Food and Drug Administration is allowing the continued use of a COVID-19 test for people who show no symptoms of the novel coronavirus. According to Gizmodo, the FDA on Friday reissued an emergency.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:34Published 1 week ago

Pfizer, BioNTech get vaccine 'fast track' from FDA Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said on Monday two of their experimental coronavirus vaccines received 'fast track' designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speeding up the regulatory.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:02Published 3 weeks ago

Too soon to say if RNC will be safe -U.S. official Stephen Hahn, the Food and Drug Administration commissioner, said on Sunday it was "too early to tell" if it would be safe for people to attend August's Republican National Convention in Jacksonville,.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:43Published on July 6, 2020

FDA Commissioner Won't Confirm Or Deny Trump's Unfounded COVID-19 Claim The commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration on Sunday didn't defend a claim recently made by President Donald Trump. But according to CNN, he didn't support it, either. Dr. Stephen Hahn is.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:45Published on July 5, 2020

Gilead to Charge $3,120 Per Patient for Typical Covid-19 Treatment Gilead is the pharmaceutical company behind a drug that’s been approved for COVID emergencies. The FDA officially announced the medicine could be used in treating COVID-19 patients. Gilead has now.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:35Published on June 30, 2020

Former FDA head says 'exponential' rise in COVID-19 possible Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Sunday warned that some U.S. states, including Texas, Florida and Arizona, could start to see an 'exponential' rise in COVID-19 cases.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:40Published on June 21, 2020

Gottlieb warns of 'exponential' rise in COVID-19 cases in some U.S. states Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Sunday warned that some U.S. states, including Texas, Florida and Arizona, could start to see an 'exponential' rise in COVID-19 cases.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:40Published on June 21, 2020

Return To Sender? Millions Of Hydroxychloroquine Pills Locked In Limbo President Donald Trump once touted hydroxychloroquine as “game changers” in the fight against the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Now, millions of doses of the drug are in limbo after the Food and Drug.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:35Published on June 18, 2020

FDA Warns Against Combining Remdesivir And Hydroxychloroquine The FDA has issued a warning to healthcare providers regarding two medications being tested with COVID-19. The warning cautions against administering hydroxychloroquine in combination with remdesivir... Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:31Published on June 16, 2020

Trump Criticizes FDA Over Hydroxychloroquine Decision The U.S. FDA has revoked the emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. According to Reuters, following the revocation, the FDA quickly came under fire from President Donald.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:32Published on June 16, 2020

FDA Revokes Emergency Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 The Food and Drug Administration withdrew emergency use authorizations for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine on Monday. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 00:59Published on June 16, 2020

FDA Pulls Emergency Authorization For Hydroxychloroquine It's the end of the road for a COVID-19 treatment once heralded as a “game changer” by Trump. The FDA has revoked its emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. This is.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:37Published on June 15, 2020

Trump Says Hydroxychloroquine Treats COVID-19, Scientists Disagree Donald Trump says other countries had provided great reports on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine. Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, has been used for the treatment of the deadly coronavirus... Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:36Published on June 15, 2020

New minimally-invasive treatment for 'frozen shoulder' improves patients' pain, function Scientists have developed a new nonsurgical treatment that decreases erranta blood flow in the shoulder to quickly reduce pain and improve function in patients with adhesive capsulitis, also known as.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:21Published on June 15, 2020

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FDA's list of hand sanitizers to avoid grows again with more than 100 identified that may contain methanol The FDA has further expanded the list of hand sanitizers to avoid because they may contain the toxic substance methanol. More have been recalled. USATODAY.com - Published 2 days ago
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Coronavirus updates: FDA issues new warning on hand sanitizers; director of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine The FDA issued a new warning to avoid nearly 90 hand sanitizers. Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine Latest COVID-19 news. USATODAY.com - Published 6 days ago

FDA issues new warning to avoid nearly 90 hand sanitizers that may contain methanol The FDA has issued a warning to not use certain hand sanitizers that may contain methanol, a toxic substance when absorbed through skin or ingested. USATODAY.com - Published 6 days ago
AP Top Stories July 23 P Here are the top stories for Thursday, July 23rd: FDA expands recall on hand sanitizers; Judge orders Michael Cohen released from prison; Area in central Bangladesh hit by severe floods; Tokyo Olympic.. USATODAY.com - Published 2 weeks ago
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for drug trials to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia In a regulatory filing, Zydus Cadila said it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to initiate clinical trials of Desidustat in CIA. Zydus Cadila Chairman Pankaj R.. IndiaTimes - Published 2 weeks ago

Live Coronavirus Updates: White House Looks to Cut Billions From Testing Plan Resistance to a funding proposal drafted by Senate Republicans added complications to talks about further relief measures. The F.D.A. issued emergency approval for pooled screening. NYTimes.com - Published 2 weeks ago
FDA further expands list of hand sanitizers to avoid due to methanol risk with more added to 'import alert' The FDA says to avoid 75 kinds of hand sanitizers because they may contain methanol. Some have been recalled or listed on an import alert. USATODAY.com - Published 2 weeks ago
Multiple brands of hand sanitizer recalled or should be avoided due to methanol risk, FDA says. See the list. More than a dozen kinds of hand sanitizer should be avoided because they may contain methanol, a toxic substance when absorbed through skin. USATODAY.com - Published on July 6, 2020
FDA chief declines to back Trump’s ‘harmless’ COVID-19 claim Washington: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn has declined to back President Donald Trump’s claim that 99 per cent of COVID-19 cases were “totally harmless”. During.. WorldNews - Published on July 6, 2020

Coronavirus: FDA chief refuses to back Trump's vaccine prediction Unlike President Trump, Dr Stephen Hahn says he "can't predict" when a Covid-19 vaccine will arrive. BBC News - Published on July 5, 2020
FDA commissioner refuses to comment on Trump's claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases are 'harmless' Trump calls 99% of COVID cases "harmless" in his July 4 speech. FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn refused to comment on the claim. USATODAY.com - Published on July 5, 2020
Demand for dexamethasone rises after study finds COVID-19 benefits, FDA data shows The steroid dexamethasone, shown to reduce COVID-19 deaths, was in shortage before the pandemic and has gotten more scarce. USATODAY.com - Published on July 2, 2020	FDA says a coronavirus vaccine would have to be at least 50% effective to be approved A coronavirus vaccine would ideally be proven to be at least 50% effective for the Food and Drug Administration to approve it. USATODAY.com - Published on June 30, 2020
A dozen states now part of outbreak linked to salad mixes sold at Jewel-Osco, Hy-Vee and Aldi The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration have added more states to an investigation into tainted bagged salads. USATODAY.com - Published on June 23, 2020	FDA is warning people of these 9 hand sanitizers with a potentially lethal ingredient The FDA is warning people not to use certain hand sanitizer products due to the presence of a toxic and potentially deadly substance called methanol. USATODAY.com - Published on June 23, 2020
9 Hand Sanitizers May Be Toxic, F.D.A. Warns The warning applies to nine lines of hand sanitizer manufactured in Mexico that contain methanol, or wood alcohol, which can be dangerous, the agency said. NYTimes.com - Published on June 22, 2020	Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills Before the F.D.A. withdrew its waiver to stockpile the drugs as coronavirus treatments, the Trump administration had embarked on a headlong effort to import tens of millions of doses. NYTimes.com - Published on June 17, 2020
FDA warns against co-administration of remdesivir with CQ or HCQ for COVID-19 patients Hyderabad, June 16 () The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) warned healthcare providers against co-administration of Gilead Sciences remdesivir, which received emergency use authorization for.. WorldNews - Published on June 16, 2020	FDA warns against combination of malaria drug and Gilead's remdesivir The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a warning to healthcare providers against administering malaria drug hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine in combination with Gilead Sciences'.. Reuters India - Published on June 16, 2020Also reported by •Reuters
Trump critical of FDA decision to revoke emergency use of drug he has promoted for COVID-19 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump, who said only.. Reuters - Published on June 15, 2020	Coronavirus: US withdraws emergency use of hydroxychloroquine President Trump defends promoting hydroxychloroquine as the FDA says there is no evidence it works. BBC News - Published on June 15, 2020
U.S. FDA revokes emergency use status of drug touted by Trump for COVID-19 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked the emergency use authorization for malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, the use of which has been championed by U.S... Reuters - Published on June 15, 2020	F.D.A. Says Some Masks Made in China Shouldn’t Be Reused The agency is revising its rules, saying some N95 masks mainly used by health care workers and emergency responders cannot undergo decontamination for further use. NYTimes.com - Published on June 7, 2020
Fitbit Introduces Fitbit Flow, a Low-Cost Emergency Ventilator Fitbit has recently announced that it has developed a high-quality, low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator, Fitbit Flow, which has obtained Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food &.. WorldNews - Published on June 6, 2020	India approves emergency use of remdesivir to treat Covid-19 patients Remdesivir is the first drug to show improvement in Covid-19 patients in formal clinical trials. It was granted emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration last month and has.. IndiaTimes - Published on June 2, 2020
Fact check: Early research shows fabric could neutralize coronaviruses FDA-approved fabric used since 2017 as wound dressing can use electricity to neutralize coronaviruses after a minute of contact, early research shows. USATODAY.com - Published on May 30, 2020	Exclusive: White House kept FDA in the dark on Russian ventilators for New York and New Jersey When U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to accept a shipment of ventilators from Russian President Vladimir Putin at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, the White House did not alert the FDA as it.. Reuters - Published on May 29, 2020
They Evoke Darth Vader, but These Masks May Save Your Doctor’s Life With medical masks in short supply, several hospitals have turned to industrial models. They get rave reviews and are allowed by the F.D.A., but the Trump administration has no plans to encourage.. NYTimes.com - Published on May 27, 2020	Study unveils novel strategy for diabetes treatment WASHINGTON: Combining a once-popular but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes with another drug could be used again to eliminate problematic side effects, say the findings of a novel study... WorldNews - Published on May 25, 2020
Trump says he's finished hydroxychloroquine regimen to ward off COVID-19 The FDA has cautioned against the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment outside of hospitals or clinical trials. USATODAY.com - Published on May 24, 2020	Exclusive: Russian ventilators reached U.S. states without FDA oversight Russian-made ventilators now under investigation for causing deaths in Russia were not authorized by U.S. health regulators before the same model was sent to New York and New Jersey at the height of.. Reuters - Published on May 22, 2020
NRI’s disinfectant tech gets US-FDA nod for medical use The device — Molekule Air Pro RX — built by US firm Molekule based on technology developed by Yogi Goswami, has now been approved by the US Food and Drugs Administration (US-FDA) for medical use.. IndiaTimes - Published on May 22, 2020	FDA investigates lab as tens of thousands of COVID-19 test results in Florida are questioned The dispute is expected to affect testing across the U.S. and also raises questions about how regulators and hospitals approve and choose labs. USATODAY.com - Published on May 22, 2020
U.S. FDA names 27 coronavirus antibody tests no longer ok to be sold The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday identified 27 coronavirus antibody tests that should no longer be sold in the United States, following up on new regulations meant to weed out dubious.. Reuters - Published on May 21, 2020	Italian parliament slams Bill Gates and his Vaccine Agenda "Crimes against Humanity". Is it not a coincidence that Bill Gates good friend is also the pioneer at Moderna - Dr Robert Langer, now finalising the World's only "FINAL SOLUTION", otherwise known as.. WorldNews - Published on May 21, 2020
Does baby powder cause cancer? Johnson & Johnson stops selling talc powder after years of scrutiny Is baby powder really safe? The Food and Drug Administration is trying to answer that question about talc, which is similar in structure to asbestos. USATODAY.com - Published on May 20, 2020	Donald Trump taking Hydroxychloroquine, despite FDA warning The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he takes hydroxychloroquine, a drug that he often vouches as a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus. According to recent reports of.. WorldNews - Published on May 19, 2020Also reported by •Reuters
Can hydroxychloroquine prevent COVID-19? President Donald Trump thinks maybe. There's no data to support that. President Trump said Monday is he taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug the FDA says is neither safe nor effective in treating COVID-19. USATODAY.com - Published on May 19, 2020	What to Know About Hydroxychloroquine Here are the facts on hydroxychloroquine, which the president has promoted to fight Covid-19 despite warnings from the F.D.A. that it can cause heart problems. NYTimes.com - Published on May 19, 2020
Trump says he's hydroxychloroquine, the drug he touted as coronavirus treatment, despite FDA warnings President Donald Trump said Monday he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that he's repeatedly touted as a treatment for coronavirus. USATODAY.com - Published on May 18, 2020	FDA suspends Gates-backed at-home COVID-19 testing program An at-home coronavirus testing project in Seattle backed in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Saturday it was working with U.S. regulators to resume the program after being.. Reuters - Published on May 16, 2020

Food and Drug Administration

Agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

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FDA further expands list of hand sanitizers to avoid due to methanol risk with more added to 'import alert'

Multiple brands of hand sanitizer recalled or should be avoided due to methanol risk, FDA says. See the list.

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FDA is warning people of these 9 hand sanitizers with a potentially lethal ingredient

9 Hand Sanitizers May Be Toxic, F.D.A. Warns

Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills

FDA warns against co-administration of remdesivir with CQ or HCQ for COVID-19 patients

FDA warns against combination of malaria drug and Gilead's remdesivir

Trump critical of FDA decision to revoke emergency use of drug he has promoted for COVID-19

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U.S. FDA revokes emergency use status of drug touted by Trump for COVID-19

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