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FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff
A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines. Newly released documents show the FDA’s vaccine chief, ...
Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show
The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use ...
RSV vaccine access expanded to some people in their 50s, according to CDC website
The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50 instead of 60. Health ...
Birth control pill classified carcinogenic: what we know
While the classification was made over a decade ago, viral posts on social media have claimed that the birth control pill has ...
Bay Area man living with HIV concerned about federal cuts to medical funding
As the federal government moves forward with steep cuts to medical and research funding, some in the Bay Area who depend on ...
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Growing nightly street-care team core to SF drug, homelessness strategy
The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Night Navigation Team approached Colten Robone on a recent weeknight to see ...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted, judge says
Her order blocks the Trump administration from finalizing layoffs announced in March or issuing further firings. HHS is directed to file a status report by July 11.
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With FDA nod, cell-grown salmon headed for an SF restaurant
San Francisco-based Wildtype, a startup that is pioneering cell-grown salmon, cleared a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
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These U.S. Regions Have Higher Dementia Rates — Are You at Risk?
In a nutshell Dementia rates among older U.S. veterans vary dramatically by region, with the Southeast showing a 25% higher ...
HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...