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Nurse Christina Garibay administers Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to a man at a community outreach event in Los Angeles in August.

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An FDA panel of experts backs J&J COVID vaccine booster

3:14pm October 15, 2021

by Scott Hensley

A panel of experts voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at least two months after the first shot.

Restaurant food and packaged foods are often high in salt to make them more palatable. The Food and Drug Administration wants to see the food industry gradually reduce sodium levels in these foods.

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Eating too much salt is making Americans sick. Even a 12% reduction can save lives

4:51pm October 13, 2021

by Allison Aubrey

The FDA has issued new targets to reduce the amount of salt that manufacturers put in their foods. It could prevent thousands of cases of cardiovascular disease.

Janet Gerber, a health department worker in Louisville, Ky., processes boxes containing vials of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine in March.

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FDA analysis of J&J COVID vaccine booster sets the stage for public hearing

3:43pm October 13, 2021

by Scott Hensley

Johnson & Johnson has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for people 18 and older six months after initial immunization, with an option to vaccinate after two months.

A nurse prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a San Antonio senior center in March. A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to review Moderna's booster shot.

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Moderna and J&J say their data supports COVID vaccine boosters

10:23am October 12, 2021

by Scott Hensley

The Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents Tuesday on booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines ahead of a two-day advisory meeting that starts Thursday.

Coppertone has issued a recall for five of its aerosol sunscreen products after finding benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in some batches.

Coppertone recalls 5 sunscreen sprays because of a cancer-causing chemical

6:32pm October 01, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The company says that daily exposure levels believed to be detected in the products likely would not cause "adverse health consequences."

Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, appears before a Senate committee in July. Many public health leaders say letting the agency go so long without a permanent director has demoralized staff and sends the wrong mes

The FDA Has Been Without A Permanent Leader For 8 Months As COVID Cases Climb

8:18pm September 22, 2021

by Rachana Pradhan

Dr. Janet Woodcock, an administrative veteran of the Food and Drug Administration since the 1980s, has been acting director of the agency since January. Why is the permanent job so hard to fill?

A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City this year.

Federal Health Officials Want The White House To Slow Its COVID Booster Shot Rollout

3:58pm September 03, 2021

by Joe Neel

The leaders of two federal health agencies are telling White House COVID-19 advisers that there is not enough data right now to make a blanket recommendation on boosters.

Health care providers who administer a COVID-19 vaccine "off-label" face legal liability, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.

CDC Warns Against Off-Label Use Of COVID Vaccine

5:00am September 02, 2021

Using the COVID vaccine "off-label" — whether that's for booster shots or young children — may be tempting to some vaccine providers, but the CDC warns it could get them into trouble.

A third shot of the Moderna vaccine boosts protection across age groups, notably in older adults, the company says.

Moderna Has Asked The FDA To Authorize A Booster Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine

9:43pm September 01, 2021

by Jane Greenhalgh

Moderna submitted data from 344 volunteers who got a third shot of the vaccine six months after their first two doses. The additional shot significantly boosted immunity, the company said.

A Palestinian medic administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine during an inoculation campaign at a medical center in Gaza City on Aug. 23.

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Why Pfizer's FDA Approval Matters And What It Means For Vaccine Mandates

6:01pm August 24, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

The FDA announced the Pfizer vaccine is the first in the U.S. that is now fully approved. Here's what that means for vaccine mandates and convincing vaccine-hesitant people to get vaccinated.