Nearly 90K bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension recalled nationwide after complaints of ‘gel-like mass’

Admin3 months ago05 mins

“Nearly 90K bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension recalled nationwide after complaints of ‘gel-like mass’” A children’s pain reliever sold nationwide has been recalled after reports of foreign material in the product, according to federal regulators. Nearly 90,000 bottles of Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension have been recalled after consumers reported finding a “gel-like mass and…

What to know about mRNA vaccines as RFK Jr. halts funding

Admin10 months ago08 mins

“What to know about mRNA vaccines as RFK Jr. halts funding” Vaccines using mRNA technology weren’t immune to the latest round of federal research cuts. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he’s pulling the plug on nearly $500 million in funding for the development of mRNA vaccines. The…

Trump admin unlawfully killed health websites related to gender, court rules

Admin11 months ago06 mins

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management did not comply with all necessary laws when it ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to speedily comply with the president’s executive order on “gender ideology.” On the first day of his term, President Trump passed…

OpenAI and the FDA are reportedly discussing AI for drug evaluations

Admin1 year ago02 mins

OpenAI has met with officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss the agency’s use of AI to speed up drug evaluations, Wired reported on Wednesday. According to the report, OpenAI and the FDA have discussed a project called cderGPT, which seems to be an AI tool for the Center for Drug…

#Miist, founded by a 25-year-old, wants people to vape their way out of smoking addiction and migraines

Admin1 year ago07 mins

As a university student, Dalton Signor was troubled by how many people around him smoked or vaped, including his grandmother and 14-year-old sister. Signor (pictured center) felt that existing smoking cessation medicines, whether patches, gums, or lozenges, are not very effective because they take too long to start working. “They take about 30 minutes to…

#Cleerly raises 6M from Insight Partners for AI heart health early detection

#Cleerly raises $106M from Insight Partners for AI heart health early detection

Admin1 year ago07 mins

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, a significant portion of people who experience heart attacks are unaware that they have the underlying condition. Cleerly, a cardiovascular imaging startup, hopes to fix this. By analyzing CT scans of the heart, the company’s AI software aims to identify early-stage coronary…

#Democrats urge FDA to include civil rights, disability and ethics advocates on digital health committee

Admin2 years ago04 mins

A group of Democratic senators asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include members with backgrounds in civil rights, medical ethics and disability rights on the agency’s new Digital Health Advisory Committee. The FDA announced the nine-member committee in October to help explore issues related to digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and…

#Ramaswamy: Supreme Court should rule against FDA approval of abortion pill

Admin2 years ago06 mins

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that he believes the Supreme Court should overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Ramaswamy said at a CNN town hall in Iowa on Wednesday that the case, which the court agreed earlier on Wednesday to hear, is about the authority that regulatory…

#Consumer group presses for stronger Botox warnings

Admin2 years ago03 mins

A consumer group is pushing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for stronger Botox warnings, pointing to the danger of negative health effects from the cosmetic injections. In a Tuesday petition, Public Citizen asks the agency to “take action to strengthen the risk warning on the labeling of all approved botulinum toxin biological products.” It…

#Patients need access to critical medication information. A new FDA rule would limit it.

Admin3 years ago09 mins

Medical professionals know that sharing clear and accurate health information with patients empowers them to make wise decisions that set them on a path to healthier living. Educating patients about their prescription medications is especially important. Since millions of Americans rely on prescription medication, effective patient medication information (PMI) is more important than ever. PMI…