Teen vaping hits 10-year low in U.S.
They attributed the decline to fewer high school students using Elf Bar and other vapes that come in fruit and candy flavors.
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Nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants are overdue for FDA inspections after COVID delays, AP finds
An AP analysis of Food and Drug Administration data shows that agency staffers have not returned to roughly 2,000 pharmaceutical manufacturing firms to conduct surveillance inspections since before the pandemic.
FDA rejects psychedelic MDMA as treatment for PTSD, calling for additional study
Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a major setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using...
![It was a landmark moment for the psychedelic movement: The Department of Veteran Affairs’ top doctor stood on stage, praising advocates who have spent decades promoting the healing potential of mind-altering drugs. In an unannounced appearance at a New York psychedelic conference, the VA’s Dr. Shereef Elnahal said […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Psychedelic_Therapy-Veterans_40630_ea0244.jpg?w=132 "It was a landmark moment for the psychedelic movement: The Department of Veteran Affairs’ top doctor stood on stage, praising advocates who have spent decades promoting the healing potential of mind-altering drugs. In an unannounced appearance at a New York psychedelic conference, the VA’s Dr. Shereef Elnahal said […]")
Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application
It was a landmark moment for the psychedelic movement: The Department of Veteran Affairs’ top doctor stood on stage, praising advocates who have spent decades promoting the healing potential of...
FDA OKs best-selling e-cigarette Vuse Alto, but only in tobacco flavor
Federal health officials on Thursday authorized sales of the best-selling e-cigarette in the U.S., Vuse Alto, allowing manufacturer Reynolds American to keep the vaping brand on the market for years...
FDA OKs first menthol e-cigarettes, citing potential to help adult smokers
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers. Friday's action is the government’s strongest acknowledgment that switching to flavored vaping can reduce the...
FDA warns parents to avoid infant formula distributed by Texas company due to contamination
The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert Friday on Crecelac Infant Powdered Goat Milk Infant Formula, after a sample collected from a Texas store tested positive for cronobacter, which...
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
President Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes. Anti-smoking advocates are upset about the delay, but the decision could avoid angering Black voters ahead...
ALS drug will be pulled from US market after study showed patients didn’t benefit
The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a large study said Thursday it will pull the medicine from the market, acknowledging it didn’t help...
Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type...