F.D.A. advisers voted that the benefits of a nonprescription pill outweigh the risks. If the agency decides to move on the recommendation, the progestin-only contraceptive could be in stores within a few months.
The agency is expected to decide this summer whether to allow the first nonprescription sales of an oral contraceptive in the United States.
The coronavirus public health emergency, declared by the Trump administration in 2020, will expire on Thursday. Interviews with senior health officials suggest the nation is not ready for a new pandemic.
The panel heard strong support from the company and many doctors but concern from F.D.A. scientists.
A jury sided with Gilead Sciences in a dispute over whether the government could claim a share of profits from drugs seen as crucial to ending the H.I.V. epidemic.
Just handling Narcan and learning how to use it changes the way people think about drug addiction.
Donanemab is not a cure and comes with significant side effects, but patients had longer periods of independent living while on the drug.
The shots would be the first vaccines available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands and leads to many more hospitalizations each year.
The Academies accepted millions of dollars from members of the Sackler family — including some who led Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin — even while advising federal officials on opioid policy.
President Biden has acknowledged that he has not accomplished all he wished to. But that, he maintains, is an argument for his re-election.
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