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The Food and Drug Administration approves the first over-the-counter contraceptive pill, the Perrigo-manufactured Opill, broadening access to birth control across the country.
2023-07-13

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration vote to reject a wider COVID-19 vaccine booster dose and to only recommend booster doses for people over the age of 65 and people who are at high risk of severe illness.
2021-09-17

A Food and Drug Administration official says that a vaccine for children under the age of 12 years is expected to be approved by midwinter.
2021-07-15

The Trump administration and federal officials from Operation Warp Speed unveil plans for distributing doses of a COVID-19 vaccine once the FDA approves their use.
2020-09-16

The US Food and Drug Administration approves Janssen Pharmaceutica's esketamine for treatment-resistant depression. The drug is the chemical cousin of ketamine, a powerful anesthetic and recreational drug, and the first major new depression treatment to be approved by the FDA in more than 30 years.
2019-03-5

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration bans the usage of seven artificial flavors as food additives. Six of them cause cancer in animals when used in "much higher" doses than the conditions of their intended use.
2018-10-6

The United States Food and Drug Administration announces it has relaxed its official requirements regarding the use of the abortion drug Mifeprex (RU-486). The current guidelines were based on 1990s medical evidence. Changes include reducing the number of physician visits required by abortion-seeking women, reducing drug dosage, and allowing women to take the drug for three weeks longer -- now a total of 70 days.
2016-03-30

The United States Food and Drug Administration approves marketing of a cooling cap system to reduce hair loss in female breast cancer patients during chemotherapy. The DigniCap scalp cooling system, a product first available in Sweden in the 1990s, produces near-freezing temperatures that make it harder for cancer-fighting drugs to reach and harm hair follicles. [https:--www.usnews.com-news-politics-articles-2015-12-08-fda-clears-cold-cap-to-save-hair-during-breast-cancer-chemo (AP via U.S. News and World Report)] [http:--www.fda.gov-NewsEvents-Newsroom-PressAnnouncements-ucm476216.htm (FDA)] [http:--www.dignicap.com-dignitana-fda-clearance- (DigniCap)]date=August 2019
2015-12-8

The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the use of the drug Belimumab (Benlysta) to treat lupus, the first drug to be approved for this purpose in 56 years.
2011-03-9

A study of Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture employees shows that the food industry has been successfully withholding information from inspectors and pressuring the government agencies to withdraw or alter policies which promote food safety.
2010-09-13