food and drug administration

(Cohn & Wolfe) GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved KINRIX, the first combination vaccine to offer protection against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio diseases in one shot.

(University of Georgia) University of Georgia researchers have developed an effective technology for reducing contamination of dangerous bacteria on food.

The new antimicrobial wash rapidly kills Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 on foods ranging from fragile lettuce to tomatoes, fruits, poultry products and meats.

It is made from inexpensive and readily available ingredients that are recognized as safe by the US Food and Drug Administration.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A prescription painkiller sold under such names as Darvon and Darvocet is too risky to stay on the market, a consumer advocacy group argued Thursday in suing the Food and Drug Administration....

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve.

It allows some spinal cord injury patients to breathe for at least four hours a day without a mechanical ventilator.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve to help him breathe without a ventilator....

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even though they are not agency-approved drugs.

All are available for sale on the Internet.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even though they are not agency-approved drugs.

All are available for sale on the Internet....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food and Drug Administration detectives had a hot lead, narrowing down on a grower who just might have supplied salmonella-tainted tomatoes.

Then the patient changed her story: She'd eaten a round tomato, not a Roma one after all....

The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning to consumers nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to consumption of certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products containing these raw, red tomatoes.

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