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A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has spread to more than two dozen herds in eight states. That comes weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health officials continue to stress that the risk to the public is low and that the U.S. food supply remains safe and stable.

Researchers have found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration do not deliver on their early promise.

The approval is a win for Merck, which is working to diversify its revenue stream as its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda nears a loss of market exclusivity.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning Wednesday, saying it identified additional cinnamon products in the United States that are contaminated with lead.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss.

The lead contamination in recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that potentially poisoned at least 65 children may have been intentional, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

Repeated recalls of eyedrops are drawing new attention to the limited powers U.S. regulators have to oversee medical products made overseas. Unlike prescription drugs, eyedrops and other over-the-counter products don’t get preliminary review by the Food and Drug Administration. In the case of two eyedrop recalls earlier this year, FDA inspectors had never previously visited the plants in India. In...

U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease.

One of the treatments uses CRISPR gene-editing technology.

The FDA issued a warning for users of certain CPAP machines, the breathing devices that help people with sleep apnea. It’s the latest in a series of troubles for Philips Respironics, one of the leading manufacturers of the devices. Consumer Investigative Reporter Susan Hogan has what you need to know.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a new warning for users of certain CPAP machines – the latest in a series of troubles for Philips Respironics, one of the leading manufacturers of the breathing devices that help people with sleep apnea. The FDA issued the alert for users of the Philips DreamStation 2, citing an increase in reports the device…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is screening imports of cinnamon from multiple countries for toxic lead after reports of illness in children who ate pouches of applesauce puree.

U.S. health inspectors found a host of sanitation and manufacturing problems at an Indian plant that recently recalled eyedrops sold in the U.S.

Some fruit puree pouches that young children eat were recalled because of elevated lead levels, the FDA says. News4’s Susan Hogan tells what led to the recall and what families should know about signs of lead toxicity.

The FDA is warning consumers to immediately stop using 26 over-the-counter eye drop products due to the “potential risk of eye infections that could result in partial vision loss or blindness.”

Health officials see Novavax’s protein-based vaccine as a valuable alternative for people who don’t want to take messenger RNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna.

Thousands of whole cantaloupes sold in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are being recalled due to potential salmonella contamination, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday.

Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies.

NurOwn, a stem cell therapy, is at the center of a yearslong lobbying campaign by patients seeking access to experimental medicines. FDA regulators say the treatment hasn’t been shown to work.

The move came as a surprise: In May, an FDA advisory committee voted to recommend approval of the drug for children and adults.