The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently created a Digital Health Advisory Committee to provide relevant expertise and perspective to improve the FDA’s understanding of the benefits, risks, and clinical outcomes associated with use of Digital Health Technologies (DHTs),” …
Banned Books Week “celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.” This annual celebration was founded in 1982 by Judith Krug, then Director of the American Library Association (ALA) Office …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) COVID.gov website announced “as of September 25, 2023, residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests.” There is a limit of one order per residential …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just authorized the 2023-2024 updated mRNA Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use. These updated vaccines have been “formulated to more closely target currently circulating variants,” and “include a monovalent (single) component …
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A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official recently sent a letter to Anne Milgram, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator, recommending that DEA reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. Under the Controlled Substances Act, Schedule I covers …
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