An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday the approval of a new method for sterilizing women that would give them another option to tubal ligation. ...more

December 14, 2007

Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline. ...more

November 24, 2007

Under pressure from government regulators around the world, Bayer Pharmaceuticals announced Monday it is suspending global sales of a drug widely used to control bleeding during heart surgery after a study found patients receiving the medication were at increased risk of dying. ...more

November 6, 2007

A Food and Drug Administration panel of advisers voted Friday to ban scores of popular over-the-counter cough and cold products intended for children under the age of 6 because they have not been proved to work and can cause injuries. ...more

October 20, 2007

Medtronic Inc. is stopping distribution of wires that connect some of its defibrillators to patients' hearts after learning they may have contributed to five deaths. ...more

October 16, 2007

Safety experts for the Food and Drug Administration urged the agency on Friday to consider an outright ban on over-the-counter, multi-symptom cough and cold medicines for children younger than 6. ...more

September 30, 2007

U.S. regulators are cracking down on about 200 unapproved prescription cough medicines that contain the narcotic hydrocodone, including some marketed for young children. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday threatened to pull the products off the market if companies do not stop making and distributing them within six months. ...more

September 29, 2007

TAMPA – La FDA (Departamento de Control de Alimentos y Medicamentos) está advirtiendo a los consumidores que eviten el agua Baby´s Blis Gripe luego que un parásito fuera encontrado en dicho producto. ...more

September 21, 2007

TAMPA - The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid Baby's Bliss Gripe Water after a parasite was found in the product. ...more

September 21, 2007

Federal health officials have warned Procter & Gamble Co. that it unlawfully is marketing a new hand sanitizer for use by children. ...more

September 19, 2007