FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and CBER Director Vinay Prasad published an article in JAMA on Tuesday outlining the FDA’s ...

Dr. Marty Makary, the Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor whom President Donald Trump tapped to lead the U.S. Food and Drug ...

In a new interview, the FDA commissioner had few answers on how Americans should think about Covid vaccines. Instead, he ...

FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary voiced skepticism about previous federal Covid-19 vaccine recommendations. “We believe the ...

FDA FLAGS SEVERE ITCH — Patients who stop using the oral allergy medicines cetirizine (Zyrtec) or levocetirizine (Xyzal) may experience rare but severe itching after longtime use, the FDA has ...

With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, agency officials view artificial intelligence as a way to speed ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to revoke the Covid vaccine recommendation for pregnant women has raised ...

Dr. Marty Makary, head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Wednesday that the decision should be made between a pregnant woman and her doctor. “The data on the COVID vaccine booster ...

MAKARY TALKS — FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced Thursday that the agency will soon provide clear guidelines to vaccine manufacturers for annually updating their Covid-19 shots. The FDA ...

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