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Lion burgers are the hot new fad in U.S. restaurants
By Emma Bryce, The Guardian Lion burgers sold in America are nothing more than a gimmick, but there’s no telling how the fad might impact wild cats In America over the past few months, a battle has been raging over big cat burgers. Lion meat, sourced from captive-raised populations in the…
Experts re-examine diabetes drug over heart attack risk
Experts are re-examining a clinical trial of the GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug Avandia, restricted in the US and banned in Europe amid concerns it raises heart attack risk, regulators said Wednesday. The purpose is to vote on whether the restrictions should be amended. The Food and Drug Administration said a 28-member…
FDA halts U.S. poop transplants pending further review
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered clinicians to stop transplanting healthy fecal matter from one patient to another until the agency has had a chance to review and test the procedure. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the therapy is used to fight the antibiotic-resistant bug Clostridium difficile, or C.…
U.S. government seeks to delay ‘morning-after pill’ court ruling
The US administration has filed a last-ditch bid to delay a court ruling that would allow girls and young women to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. A US district court ruled last month that a 2011 decision by the chief of US Health and Human Services to require…
FDA approves morning-after pill for girls 15 and older without a prescription
The morning-after pill is to be made available over the counter to anyone in the US aged 15 and over, authorities announced on Tuesday. Days before a court-imposed deadline, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lowered the age limit for Plan B and said it that a prescription would no…
Demonstrators in New York rage over US ban on French cheese mites
AFP - Around 40 protesters took to the streets of New York on Saturday to demonstrate against a US ban on mimolette that has angered lovers of the distinctive French cheese. Since March, several hundred pounds of the bright orange cheese have been held up by US customs because of a…
FDA orders sleep drug makers to reduce dosage
US authorities ordered sleep drug makers to lower their recommended dosage because evidence shows some people wake up groggy and not in the best shape to do things like drive. The active ingredient to combat insomnia is called zolpidem and is contained in drugs like Ambien, Edluar and Zolpimist. The…
U.S. regulators approve new tuberculosis drug
U.S. health regulators said Monday they had licensed a new treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis — the first such federal approval aimed at tackling the deadly disease in 40 years. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was approving the drug, named Sirturo, as an alternative treatment for adults suffering…
Officials identify two new drugs tied to meningitis outbreak
US health officials identified two new drugs Monday which may have infected patients with meningitis as they investigate a widening outbreak tied to tainted products from a Massachusetts pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urged doctors to contact patients who received drugs produced by the firm to warn them…
Appeals court rejects graphic anti-tobacco packaging
A US court on Friday shot down orders to slap graphic anti-tobacco messages on cigarette packs, saying the government overstepped its authority by trying to “browbeat” smokers into quitting. In line with campaigns in several other nations, the United States planned from September 22 to require images on cigarette packs…
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