The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that a more infectious mpox virus strain has been found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The CDC said the new strain, Clade I MPXV, has not been detected in the United States, but clinicians should be aware of the strain for people who have […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about the dangers of using ketamine to treat psychiatric disorders. “Ketamine is not FDA approved for the treatment of any psychiatric disorder,” the FDA said on its website Tuesday. “FDA is aware that compounded ketamine products have been marketed for a wide variety of psychiatric disorders […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning drug companies against improper patent filings, saying that they could potentially face legal action for doing so. The FTC issued a statement Thursday saying that brand drug manufacturers could be harming competition in the generic market by improperly listing patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s “Orange Book” — a […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters on Tuesday to eight companies for allegedly illegally marketing drug products for eyes that could be “potentially harmful” and that were not FDA approved. Many of these products claim to be drugs that could treat conditions and symptoms including conjunctivitis (“pink eye”), cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye, […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning doctors to be on the lookout for deadly flesh-eating bacteria that may be in waters of the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast. The bacteria is known as Vibrio vulnificus or V. vulnificus. The CDC issued the health advisory last week to urge health care providers to […]
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an urgent recall for a set of pregnancy and ovulation tests the agency said it can no longer guarantee are safe. Manufacturer Universal Meditech has stopped supporting the tests, the FDA said, bringing their reliability and safety into question. The company issued its own recall for remaining stock […]
The Biden administration this week sent letters to state health officials, warning that many are failing to meet federal requirements about determining Medicaid coverage for tens of millions of people in the wake of the pandemic public health emergency. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expressed concern for months that many states […]
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) discussed the U.S.’s rapidly aging population and its potential strain on Medicare during a Tuesday morning event. Sanchez referred to the growing population of Americans over 65 years old as a “gray tsunami” during The Hill’s More than Memory Loss: Caring for those with Alzheimer’s event, sponsored by Otsuka. The Hill’s […]
“I do call on them to do everything they can within their power to ensure there is accountability and these serious issues are looked into,” she says, “because without that, more high-profile cases will happen and, potentially, more patient harm and worker harm will happen. And in our society, in our healthcare system, we don’t […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called the Canadian wildfires “truly unprecedented” in floor remarks Wednesday and warned of the ongoing damage caused by climate change. “This morning, our nation’s capital — and much of the Northeast, including almost the whole of my state, New York — woke up once again under a veil of […]