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RFK Jr.’s new CDC advisers to study childhood vaccination schedule, guidelines for hepatitis B, measles shots

At the first meeting of a controversial new group of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the committee announced new plans to study established vaccine guidelines.

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CDC vaccine advisers to vote on thimerosal in flu shots at first meeting of new panel

A newly posted agenda for next week’s meeting of the just-appointed group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a discussion and vote on thimerosal in flu vaccines, a preservative tied to debunked claims from decades ago of links to autism.

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Zepbound maker Eli Lilly announces $27 billion investment in US drug manufacturing as Trump threatens tariffs

Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro, said it will invest an additional $27 billion to build four new manufacturing plants in the United States, shoring up domestic manufacturing as President Donald Trump threatens new tariffs on pharmaceuticals.

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‘Greed, greed, greed’: Sanders demands Ozempic maker lower prices

While grilling Novo Nordisk’s chief executive over the price of its blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders alleged that 40,000 people a year in the US could die if the company doesn’t make the medicines more affordable.

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FDA signs off on updated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech

As a summer wave of Covid-19 continues to hit the United States, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday signed off on updated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech.

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FDA signs off on updated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech

As a summer wave of Covid-19 continues to hit the United States, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday signed off on updated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech.

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First nasal spray epinephrine drug for emergency allergic reactions gets FDA approval

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first nasal spray epinephrine drug for severe allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis, providing a needle-free alternative to EpiPens and similar medicines.

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5 of Harris’ more progressive proposals from her 2020 White House bid

As Kamala Harris prepares to run for president against Donald Trump, she will have to lay out for voters her own ideas on how to steer the economy and address Americans’ pressing concerns about the steep rise in prices in recent years.

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Supreme Court medication abortion case threatens ‘seismic shift’ in FDA drug approval process, experts warn

In 1937, a drugmaker called S.E. Massengill Co. came up with what seemed like an improvement on an effective medicine for sore throats: a liquid formulation that tasted like raspberry.

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Weight-loss drug Wegovy can be marketed for heart

Wegovy’s not just for weight loss anymore.

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