Food and Drug Administration

U.S. authorities are investigating Meta over its role in the illicit sale of medications, The Wall Street Journal reported on March 16.

A drug that has been used for decades to treat allergic asthma and hives significantly reduced the risk of life-threatening reactions in children with severe food allergies who were exposed to trace amounts of peanuts, cashews, milk and eggs, researchers reported Sunday.

Psychedelic therapy is on its way to becoming a mainstream medical treatment in mental health care.

The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last year due to contamination, the company confirmed.

The United States is preparing to give monkeypox vaccines to close contacts of people infected and to deploy treatments, with five cases now either confirmed or probable and the number likely to rise, officials said Monday.

The US health authorities have approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine by BioNTech / Pfizer for children between 5 and 11 years of age. The first doses may be given on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID vaccine, U.S. health authorities said on Nov. 2 in a move hailed by President Joe Biden as a "turning point" in the fight against the pandemic.

The United States on Oct. 29 authorized the Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged five-to-11, paving the way for 28 million young Americans to soon get immunized.

The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers on Oct. 26 endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds.