Imagine being a part of a clinical trial for a drug. The drug gets passed by the FDA, but now your insurance won't cover you for the medicine. That's exactly what's happening to a Central New York family.
A Central New York family is fighting their insurance company after their children helped get a lifesaving drug passed for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. They say their insurance company refuses to cover them for the medicine.
The federal government has made a major announcement for New Yorker's concerning electronic cigarettes. Going forward, they will issue a ban on the sale of these products to people under the age of 18.
A new press announcement from the FDA is issuing a ban on four different brands of cigarettes. Store owners and retailers are going to have 30 days to get rid of their supply of these smokes.
The Food and Drug Administration is now reviewing Greek yogurt producer Chobani's request to pull yogurt from the shelves of stores after the company acknowledged a "mold problem."
According to the FDA the answer is yes. YUCK ! A report from Intellihub says that the FDA has now finally admitted that chicken meat sold in the USA contains arsenic. This is what's in anti-freeze! It's a cancer-causing toxic chemical that's fatal in high doses. There's more. Guess where this arsenic comes from?
Flu vaccines have always been dreaded by those who hate shots, but this year a company called PharmaJet introduced a device that uses “a high-pressure steam of liquid to pierce the skin and deliver the vaccine.” The needle-phobics rejoiced.
But now the FDA is saying, Not so fast.