The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday issued an emergency use authorization for Novavax’s protein-based COVID-19 vaccine. “Authorizing an additional COVID-19 vaccine expands the available vaccine options for the prevention of COVID-19, including the most severe outcomes that can occur such as hospitalization and death,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said in a statement. The…
FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for 12- to 15-Year-Olds
Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years has been granted full approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the companies announced on Sunday. The vaccine will be sold under the brand name Comirnaty and is the first and only COVID-19 vaccine to be granted FDA approval for children aged 12 and older,…
‘Institutional Corruption’: Big Pharma Money Permeating Global Drug Regulators
July 8, 2022
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Though drug regulators were originally set up to regulate the drug industry, a new investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) shows that conflict of interest (COI) is pervasive within agencies globally. Pharmaceutical companies are the biggest funders of major regulatory agencies. The study found some national drug agencies are almost exclusively reliant on pharmaceutical…
US FDA Working to Allow Overseas Infant Formula Beyond Shortage
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to allow overseas manufacturers of baby formula to keep selling in the country beyond the current shortage, the health regulator said on Wednesday. The FDA in May said it would allow baby formula imports until Nov. 14 to ease a shortage that had left parents…
US FDA Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 Pill
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it had authorized state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 pill to eligible patients to help improve access to the treatment. The antiviral drug, Paxlovid, has been cleared for use and available for free in the United States since December, but fewer than half of the…
Letter to the UK Government From 76 Doctors
Below is a letter signed by 76 doctors in the UK, to the Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and other UK Government officials. This letter lays out comprehensive reasons why the recent U.S. FDA decision authorizing COVID vaccinations in infants and young children must not happen in the UK. The letter is well-sourced and accurate….
Power to the People—Even If It Comes From Coal
July 6, 2022
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Commentary Despite its name, the Democratic Party has no time for democracy. Public opinion and democracy be damned, especially when it comes to battling climate change. On June 30, the Supreme Court struck down an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan compelling states to shutter coal-fired power plants and shift to low-carbon alternatives such as natural…
Poke and Sniff: A Lesson From 1906
Commentary In 1906, Upton Sinclair came out with his book “The Jungle,” and it shocked the nation by documenting the horror of the meat-packing industry. People were being boiled in vats and sent to larders. Rat waste was mixed with meat. And so on. As a result, the Federal Meat Inspection Act passed Congress, and consumers…
Why Big Pharma Is Desperate to Get COVID Jab Into Babies
The rate of hospitalization for COVID among children is so low, it’s basically zero. Then why is it so important to jab babies and toddlers two or three times, even though side effects of the injection could harm them for life – or kill them? Statistics show the rate of COVID-19 associated hospitalization among children…
Why Officials Are Desperate to Get COVID Shots on Childhood Schedule Before ‘Emergency’ Ends
The rate of hospitalization for COVID among children is so low, it’s basically zero. Then why is it so important to jab babies and toddlers two or three times, even though side effects of the injection could harm them for life – or kill them? Statistics show the rate of COVID-19 associated hospitalization among children…
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