On Friday, Vinay Prasad—the Food and Drug Administration’s chief medical and scientific officer and its top vaccine regulator—emailed a stunning memo […]
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More FDA drama: Top drug regulator calls it quits after 3 weeks
The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, Richard Pazdur, has decided to retire from the agency just […]
Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease
Milhoan has a history of touting unproven COVID cures while disparaging vaccines. Kirk Milhoan, James Pagano, and Robert Malone are […]
“It’s only a matter of time before people die”: Trump cuts hit food inspections
American inspections of foreign food facilities hit historic lows this year. Credit: Biswa1992/iStock via Getty Images American inspections of foreign […]
FDA described as a “clown show” amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out
In September, Tidmarsh went after Tang’s Aurinia and its drug voclosporin that treats lupus nephritis, a disease in which the […]
FDA described as “clown show” amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out
In September, Tidmarsh went after Tang’s Aurinia and its drug voclosporin that treats lupus nephritis, a disease in which the […]
FDA slows down on drug reviews, approvals amid Trump admin chaos
Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s haphazard job cuts and a mass exodus of leadership, the Food and Drug […]
RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids
While some experts and health care providers had hoped that next week’s ACIP meeting would add clarity to the situation […]
Pfizer says this season’s COVID shot boosts immune responses fourfold
Pfizer and BioNTech report that their updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for the 2025–2026 season produced strong immune responses, boosting neutralizing […]
Who can get a COVID vaccine—and how? It’s complicated.
We’re working with a patchwork system, and there are a lot of gray areas. Vaccinations were available at CVS in […]