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December 1, 2025 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Changing the FDA’s Vaccine Approval Process Could Threaten COVID, Flu Protection for Children The FDA is reportedly mulling changes that could make childhood vaccines less accessible and more expensive By Tanya Lewis edited by Claire Cameron Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to change how…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to a government spokeswoman. Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was appointed to the FDA in July, took leave Friday after officials with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of General Counsel…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to a government spokesperson. Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was named to the FDA post in July, was placed on leave Friday after officials in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of General…

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may experience the following symptoms: news reports from Late October 2025 This is about a large-scale recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic version of Lipitor. Both generic atorvastatin and brand name Lipitor contain the same active ingredient, atorvastatin calcium, and are considered bioequivalent by the Food and…

(Bloomberg) — Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. has refused to pause all shipments of its Elevidys treatment after three deaths were linked to the company’s gene therapies, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Two teenage boys died of acute liver failure in recent months after taking Elevidys. They were being treated for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and weren’t able to walk because of the…