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Byline: MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer

16 Sep

FDA takes aim at Hims & Hers, weight loss drugs in new advertising blitz

published on September 16, 2025 - 4:48 PM

(AP) — For the first time, federal health officials are taking aim at telehealth companies promoting unofficial versions of prescription

07 Aug

RFK Jr.’s vow to overhaul vaccine injury program echoes grievances of anti-vaccine movement

published on August 7, 2025 - 2:54 PM

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to “fix” the federal program for compensating Americans injured by vaccines, opening

06 Aug

FDA flags problems with two Boston Scientific heart devices tied to injuries and deaths

published on August 6, 2025 - 2:44 PM

U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and patients about safety issues with two separate Boston Scientific heart devices recently linked

17 Jun

FDA to offer faster drug reviews to companies promoting ‘national priorities’

published on June 17, 2025 - 4:54 PM

(AP) — U.S. regulators will begin offering faster reviews to new medicines that administration officials deem as promoting “the health

16 Jun

Second patient death reported with gene therapy for muscular dystrophy

published on June 16, 2025 - 2:16 PM

Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged Monday after the biotech drugmaker reported a second death in connection with its gene therapy

16 May

FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease

published on May 16, 2025 - 3:07 PM

(AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients

24 Feb

FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier

published on February 24, 2025 - 2:43 PM

Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the

15 Jan

FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump

published on January 15, 2025 - 6:41 AM

(AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine content,

14 Nov

New FDA rules for TV drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions

published on November 14, 2024 - 2:45 PM

Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a

12 Aug

Pfizer CEO on moving beyond COVID vaccines to become a leader in cancer and obesity treatments

published on August 12, 2024 - 1:04 PM

Two years ago, Pfizer was the envy of the pharmaceutical world, with more than $100 billion in annual sales from

BLOG: Prescription Affordability Crisis: How SB 41 Could Make a Bad Situation Worse

Posted: September 12, 2025 at 12:23 pm

In recent months, Governor Gavin Newsom and the state legislature
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BLOG: Two years later, Californians still don’t know full impact of the $20 fast food wage

Posted: at 8:49 am

As the California Legislature churns toward the end of its
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