Food And Drug Administration

FDA expands Pfizer boosters for children as young as 12 years as omicron surges in US

Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and federal regulators on Monday decided they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds once enough time has passed since their last dose

American pharmaceutical giant Merck seeks US authorisation for emergency use of anti-COVID pill

Merck has submitted the application for molnupiravir, which it said earlier this month was shown to reduce hospitalisations by 50 percent.

US grants Pfizer Covid vaccine full approval, move makes children under 12 eligible if needed

The US military has previously announced it will mandate the vaccine as soon as it receives full approval, and a slew of private businesses and universities are expected to follow

US recommends ‘pause’ on administration of J&J's COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of blood clots

CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices will meet Wednesday to discuss the cases and the FDA has also launched an investigation of the cases

Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19, announces US FDA

In large clinical trials, the vaccine's efficacy against severe COVID-19 disease was 85.9 percent in the US, 81.7 percent in South Africa, and 87.6 percent in Brazil

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has 'favourable safety profile', says US regulator

The FDA, however, also said that more research was needed to confirm evidence that the vaccine prevents even the worst cases of COVID-19, offers protection after the first of two doses and that the vaccine works for people who have previously been infected by the virus

Moderna, Pfizer publish COVID-19 vaccine trial blueprints amid criticism of Donald Trump's response to pandemic

The disclosures are aimed at addressing growing suspicion that Trump’s drive to produce COVID-19 vaccine before the presidential election could result in a product that was unsafe

US CDC asks state to be ready to distribute COVID-19 vaccines by 1 November

The timeline raised concern among public health experts who worried about a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ahead of elections, rather than science

US to skip global effort to find COVID-19 vaccine, says 'won't be constrained by corrupt WHO'

In early April, Trump blasted the agency, saying they "called it wrong" on COVID-19, that the WHO was "very China-centric" in its approach

Metformin, an oral anti-diabetic drug, may reduce mortality in women infected by COVID-19, claims study

According to the US Food and Drug Administration, metformin is an antihyperglycemic agent that lowers both the postprandial (after meal) and basal blood glucose levels in diabetic patients.