[ad_1] Two weeks ago, bluebird bio secured Food and Drug Administration approval for its gene therapy for sickle cell disease, a significant milestone for the roughly...
[ad_1] SmileDirectClub Inc. said late Friday it was winding down operations, effective immediately, seeming to cast its millions of customers adrift — except when it comes...
[ad_1] Most patients are unlikely to develop severe disease or die if they get the current variants of COVID-19 as immunity levels have climbed given higher...
[ad_1] Pfizer Inc. PFE, -1.73% said Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first five-in-one vaccine designed to protect teenagers and young...
[ad_1] Ardelyx Inc. ARDX, -0.58% on Tuesday won its long fight for U.S. regulatory approval of a treatment designed to help patients with chronic kidney disease....
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19....
[ad_1] It may be time to get your COVID-19 vaccine again. There’s a new booster that’s coming out to guard against the virus. The Centers for...
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 6 months of age and older. Director Mandy Cohen late...
[ad_1] A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that access to the abortion pill mifepristone should be restricted, although the pill will remain widely available for now...
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to the Biogen BIIB and Eisai Co. Ltd. ESALF Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, a step...
[ad_1] A nascent category of mental health treatments is getting a major cash infusion. Blake Mycoskie, founder of the canvas-footwear phenomenon TOMS Shoes, has committed to...
[ad_1] The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. Speaking at a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in...
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has granted accelerated approval to Biogen Inc.’s torferson, a treatment for a rare form of amyotrophic...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions...
[ad_1] Moderna Inc. said Tuesday it’s working to develop its first bacterial vaccine to protect against Lyme disease, the tick-borne illness that causes a range of...
[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into...
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it had reached a final decision to fully withdraw approval of preterm-birth drug Makena and its generics,...
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. — A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for...
[ad_1] A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously Thursday for Americans to get a once-a-year booster against COVID-19, with the strain to be decided...
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the U.S. decide each June which SARS-CoV-2 strains should be included in an annual fall booster shot....