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The new warning came a day after the Mississippi State Department of Health issued a similar statement in response to reports that an increasing number of people in Mississippi were using the drug to prevent a Covid infection, the New York Times reported.

San Francisco: Apple officially introduced its 2018 line-up of iPhones — the premium iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR at an event in California late on Wednesday. The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will support dual SIM and dual standby functionality. The premium iPhone XS and XS Max come with upgraded 12MP […]

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug to treat patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer that has progressed after taking prior treatment. The drug — Verzenio (abemaciclib) — can be used for treatment of people with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) — negative advanced […]

The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has ordered the filing of a first information report (FIR) against e-commerce major Snapdeal.com's CEO, directors and distributors on charges of selling prescription drugs online, a top official said here today

Washington: US Food and Drug Agency approved the first “at-home test” for diagnosing COVID-19, said Dr. Stephen Hahn, who heads the agency. He said the president tasked him with cutting down “as many barriers as we possibly could to get products into the medical community”, the BBC reported. “We have done that, of course recognising […]

Washington: At a time when hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is being touted as a ‘wonder drug’ to treat critical Covid-19 patients, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued fresh guidelines, cautioning people against over-the-counter use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for Covid-19 outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to the risk […]

Washington: The US food and drug regulatory body has allowed emergency use of an investigational anti-viral vaccine to treat COVID-19 patients after some researches, including one led by an Indian-American physician, found that the drug helped recover some of the infected cases faster. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency use authorization (EUA) for […]