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Access to a key abortion drug is in legal limbo. Here’s how medication abortion works

Nothing has changed yet, as the Texas ruling hasn’t taken effect, and it’s unclear which states would be covered by that ruling.

By NPR

Is chocolate good for your heart? Finally the FDA has an answer – kind of

The Mayans even used cocoa as a form of cash and buried their aristocrats with it

By NPR

FDA considers major shift in COVID-19 vaccine strategy

The goal is to simplify vaccination against COVID and perhaps adopt an approach similar that used for the flu vaccine, with annual updates to match whatever strain of the virus is circulating.
By NPR

New baby formula plant in Berks County gets another $8 million from the state

ByHeart, the country’s newest FDA-registered formula manufacturer, has now received more than $10 million from Pennsylvania

By Aaron Moselle/WHYY

More baby formula shipments arrive from overseas in an effort to ease the shortage

That stock will bring the total imported supply of baby formula product to the equivalent of 30 million 8-ounce bottles

By NPR

FDA announces plans to ease the shortage of baby formula

One of the largest formula manufacturers in the U.S. has reached an agreement with the government to reopen one of its closed factories and increase production..

By NPR

FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of consumers complained of illness after eating it.

By The Associated Press
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