March 11th, 2019Debate among public health professionals over approaches to tobacco and nicotine regulation has intensified with the rise of vaping. Researchers at the Pacific...
Roughly 4.9 million American teens used e-cigarettes in 2018, an increase of 1.5 million teens in just 12 months, the US Centers for Disease Control and...Addiction News
The White House supports a Food and Drug Administration effort to crack down on youth vaping and plans more regulations on tobacco products despite the departure of...Addiction News
The US Food and Drug Administration says Walgreens sells more tobacco products to minors than any other pharmacy chain. Now the agency wants to meet with the company...South Africa
South Africa’s recently awarded antiretroviral (ARV) tender, worth around R14bn over three years, is probably the biggest change since the single once daily tablet for...Weekly Roundup
Several hospitals in the UK have withdrawn a widely-used surgical device over fears that it could expose patients to dangerous levels of aluminium, The Guardian reports....
March 6th, 2019Will corporate greed get in the way of patient access to non-profit stool for faecal transplants? The New York Times reports that there are millions of dollars at...
February 20th, 2019Unscrupulous parties are touting blood plasma infusion from young donors to fight ageing or serious illnesses. This week the US Food and Drug Administration warned...
Two new studies of e-cigarettes may bolster US government efforts to stem what it calls a growing epidemic of youth vaping, writes Anna Edney for Bloomberg. Children...Weekly Roundup
Additional shortages of blood pressure drugs in the US are possible following recent recalls related to traces of a probable carcinogen found in some versions a...
