HHS Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergency for Puerto Rico Following Earthquakes
A series of earthquakes and aftershocks in Puerto Rico this week prompted Health and Human Services Secretary Alex. M. Azar II to declare a public health emergency for the U.S. territory.
New multiple sclerosis treatment trial compares stem cell transplantation to best available drugs
Zinc, folic acid supplement does not improve male fertility, NIH study suggests
Dietary supplements containing zinc and folic acid — marketed as a treatment for male infertility — do not appear to improve pregnancy rates, sperm counts or sperm function, according to a study conducted by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National...
Alcohol-related deaths increasing in the United States
An analysis of U.S. death certificate data by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that nearly 1 million people died from alcohol-related causes between 1999...
FDA Finalizes Enforcement Policy on Unauthorized Flavored Cartridge-Based E-Cigarettes That Appeal to Children, Including Fruit and Mint
Amid the epidemic levels of youth use of e-cigarettes and the popularity of certain products among children, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 2,2020 issued a policy prioritizing enforcement against certain unauthorized flavored e...
CMS Statement on Extended Comment Period for Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule (CMS-9915-P)
On December 27,2019, CMS is extending the comment period for the previously released Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule published on November 27, 2019 by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of...
New Year’s Day a reminder of need for action to prevent newborn deaths: UNICEF
A man cries with laughter as he holds his newborn baby, born a few moments before at Lerdsin...
Federal District Court Orders New York Company to Stop Distributing Adulterated and Misbranded Dietary Supplements
he U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York permanently enjoined ABH Nature’s Products, Inc., ABH Pharma, Inc., StockNutra.com, Inc. (together, "ABH"), each of Edgewood, New York, and their owner, Mohammed Jahirul Islam ("Islam") of...
NIH researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause
Over the last 20 years, three families have been unsuspectingly linked by an unknown illness. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and other organizations have now identified...
New Cases in Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) On the Decline
CDC released four reports on the ongoing EVALI outbreak. Key findings, confirm a decline in emergency department (ED) visits related to EVALI. The findings also reinforce the link between Vitamin E acetate and EVALI and describe risk factors for EVALI...
