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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is screening imports of cinnamon from multiple countries for toxic lead after reports of illness in children who ate pouches of applesauce puree.

U.S. health inspectors found a host of sanitation and manufacturing problems at an Indian plant that recently recalled eyedrops sold in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning the use of brominated vegetable oil, a food ingredient once widely used in popular drinks like Gatorade and Mountain Dew that has been slowly phased out due to its link to potential health risks, including damage to the liver, heart and brain. 

The FDA is warning consumers to immediately stop using 26 over-the-counter eye drop products due to the “potential risk of eye infections that could result in partial vision loss or blindness.”

Health officials see Novavax’s protein-based vaccine as a valuable alternative for people who don’t want to take messenger RNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna.

Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies.

NurOwn, a stem cell therapy, is at the center of a yearslong lobbying campaign by patients seeking access to experimental medicines. FDA regulators say the treatment hasn’t been shown to work.

The move came as a surprise: In May, an FDA advisory committee voted to recommend approval of the drug for children and adults.

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If the FDA follows through on the panel’s recommendations, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer and other drugmakers could be required to pull their oral medications containing phenylephrine from store shelves.

A panel of CDC advisers voted Tuesday to recommend updated Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus booster shots for everyone ages 6 months and up.

The FDA is expected to greenlight new COVID boosters as early as this Friday. NBC news reports the booster is designed to take aim at the new subvariant as cases are on the rise. NBC10’s Johnny Archer reports.

Narcan is an easy-to-use nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose. Here’s what you need to know about this life-saving drug.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to three baby formula manufacturers after finding they violated quality-control practices.

The FDA advised people to not buy Dr. Berne’s MSM Drops 5% Solution and LightEyez MSM Eye Drops-Eye Repair drops.

Some private insurers are balking at paying for the first drug fully approved to slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s patients.

Under the new policy, all potential donor will answer the same eligibility question regardless of gender and sexual orientation.

Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers in the U.S. each year.

The pills tested low for ascorbic acid, which could reduce their effectiveness and result in unwanted pregnancy, the FDA said.

The artificial sweetener is common in diet sodas and other low-calorie sweet foods.