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Your questions answered as FDA pushes to phase out certain food dyes
The FDA is pushing to phase out petroleum-based food dyes in foods sold in the US. Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers your question about why Europe, Canada and other countries have approached these dyes differ ...
Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.: Cocrystal Pharma's Norovirus Oral Antiviral Candidate Demonstrates Potent Activity Against the Emerging GII.17 Variants
Norovirus GII.17 variants have overtaken GII.4 as the most prevalent strain and significantly increased norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. and European countries in 2024-2025Cocrystal Pharma's pan-viral ...
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Cocrystal Pharma's Norovirus Oral Antiviral Candidate Demonstrates Potent Activity Against the Emerging GII.17 Variants
Cocrystal Pharma's pan-viral protease inhibitor CDI-988 shows superior broad-spectrum antiviral activity against major norovirus variants including GII.4 and GII.17 strains Company reported favorable ...
Whooping Cough Cases Surge As Vaccination Rates Fall
The good news is that most cases of whooping cough are preventable with DTaP vaccines in childhood and Tdap shots at age 11 ...
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The Nontoxic Cleaner That Kills Germs Better Than Bleach—And You Can Use It on Your Skin
Hypochlorous acid is safe enough to spray in your eyes yet more effective than bleach. Why isn’t it everywhere?
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CDC Cuts Impacted Cruise Ship Health Inspectors—Here's What It Means for Travelers
The entire full-time workforce of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) has ...
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FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. The Food and Drug Administration is finalizing plans to replace ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer15d
FDA warns vs ‘adulterated’ food supplement for men
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned men against taking an “adulterated” dietary supplement that boosts libido after it was found to contain sildenafil citrate—the same drug ...
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Hospitalizations and Deaths From Contaminated Food Doubled in 2024 — Here’s Everything You Need to Know
coli, norovirus can result in hospitalization or ... She suggests keeping tabs on the websites for the CDC and USDA and following the FDA on social media. More specifically, each of these agencies ...
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Hospitalizations and Deaths From Contaminated Food Doubled in 2024 — Here’s Everything You Need to Know
coli, norovirus can result in hospitalization or death in acute ... She suggests keeping tabs on the websites for the CDC and USDA and following the FDA on social media. More specifically, each of ...
WBUR17d
How FDA layoffs may impact food safety
Layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration are expected to reduce the FDA's workforce by 20%. Susan Mayne, former director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the FDA ...
Star Tribune17d
As FDA slashes workforce, number of new medical devices reaching the public has fallen
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals of life-changing, high-risk medical devices reportedly slowed to a 10-year low for the January to March period, as recent layoffs have reportedly had ...