WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration last week moved to limit the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, the latest action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his deputies against a chemical. The FDA said that the products are no longer recommended for children younger than 3 and [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drug makers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs distributor Amerisource Health Services issued voluntary nationwide recalls earlier this month of more than 580,000 bottles of [...]
For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35 percent or more has dropped, a sign that America’s epidemic of excess weight might be improving. Yet cuts to federal staff and programs that address chronic disease could endanger that progress, according to a new report. [...]
A California company has recalled nearly 245,000 pounds of pre-cooked pasta linked to a deadly listeria outbreak and potential contamination of dozens of products sold at grocery stores nationwide. Nate’s Fine Foods of Roseville, Calif., recalled thousands of cases of linguine, fettucine, penne and other pastas sold to large producers of heat-and-eat meals and pasta [...]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico this week activated emergency controls after detecting a new case of New World screwworm in cattle in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, the closest case to the United States border since the outbreak began last year. The animal, found in the town of Sabinas Hidalgo, came from the [...]
Federal regulators are proposing to remove another artificial dye from the nation’s food supply — Orange B, a synthetic color that hasn’t been used in the United States for decades. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week said that it would seek to repeal the regulation allowing use of the dye approved in 1966 [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — West Nile virus infections are intense so far this year, with case counts running 40 percent higher than normal, health officials say. More than 770 cases, including about 490 severe cases, were reported as of early September, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted last week. About 550 [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — LSD reduced symptoms of anxiety in a midstage study published last week, paving the way for additional testing and possible medical approval of a psychedelic drug that has been banned in the United States for more than a half century. The results from drugmaker Mindmed tested several doses of LSD in patients [...]
At least 95 people in more than a dozen states have been sickened since January in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning tied to recalled eggs, according to federal health officials. Country Eggs LLC, of Lucerne Valley, Calif., has recalled large, brown cage-free “sunshine yolks” or “omega-3 golden yolks” eggs and production has been suspended. The [...]
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Every time he rushed out on a fire call, East Providence Lt. Thomas Votta knew he put himself at risk for cancer. There are potential carcinogens in the smoke billowing out of a house fire, but also risks from wearing his chemically-treated gear. Last month, the Rhode Island fire department [...]