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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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FDA eases blood donor restrictions on gay, bisexual men

Several medical and LGBTQ groups have called the FDA's blood donor restrictions on gay men "discriminatory."

Axios

FDA eases rules again for gay men seeking to donate blood

The U.S. is making it easier for gay and bisexual men to give blood by easing restrictions on groups that traditionally face higher risks of HIV

The Independent UK

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FDA experts are still puzzled over who should get which COVID-19 shots and when

At a meeting to simplify the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, the FDA’s panel of experts could agree on only one thing: Information is woefully lacking about how often different groups of Americans need to be vaccinated. That data gap has contributed to widespread skepticism, undervaccination, and ultimately unnecessary deaths from…

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Noah Feldman: Abortion pill lawsuit won’t get a fair shake in post-Roe America

The first significant stage of post-Roe abortion litigation is underway and focuses heavily on abortion pills. GenBioPro, a pharmaceutical company that makes the drug mifepristone, has asked a federal court to declare that West Virginia’s anti-abortion law is inconsistent with the Federal Drug Administration’s determination that the pill is safe…

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Fact check: Are viral videos showing COVID-19 vaccine side effects accurate?

Videos appearing to show people experiencing severe side effects after allegedly receiving COVID-19 vaccines are making the rounds on social media as part of a renewed push from anti-vaccine movements to cast doubt on safety.

Tribune News Service

FDA pulls pesticide-laced pot noodles

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended sales of a Korean instant noodles brand after Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) announced that pesticide residue was found in some packages.

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Bivalent COVID-19 shot should become standard, FDA advisers say

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Bivalent COVID-19 shot should become standard, FDA advisers say

Bivalent COVID-19 shots should become the standard form of the vaccine, U.S. advisers said, part of a plan to offer a single booster to the public each year that gives protection against the most recent, dominant strains.

Tribune News Service

FDA's advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot

The Independent UK

FDA seeks end of regulatory wild west for CBD products

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced that CBD products, increasingly popular but largely unregulated, will soon join the ranks of other more mainstream, regulated products.

Tribune News Service

An FDA committee votes to roll out a new COVID vaccination strategy

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation's approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19.

WEKU

FDA committee plots future of COVID vaccines, with Omicron formula and potentially annual booster shots

The aim of Thursday’s meeting was to “determine if we’ve reached a point in the pandemic where we can simplify and take a more routine approach,” said Dr. David Kaslow, director of the Office of Vaccines Research and Review at the FDA.

Fortune

What is ‘Ozempic face’? Doctors warn about facial ageing side effect of diabetes medications

“Weight loss may turn back your biological age, but it tends to turn your facial clock forward,” one dermatologist says

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U.S. CDC still looking at potential stroke risk from Pfizer bivalent COVID shot

New data from one U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database shows a possible stroke risk link for older adults who received an updated Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot, but the signal is weaker than what the agency had flagged earlier in January, health officials said on Thursday.

Reuters

FDA advisers back the same COVID vaccine for initial shots, boosters

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of targeting the same coronavirus strain for initial COVID-19 vaccine doses and boosters going forward, but some expressed skepticism about whether all Americans need to receive the shots annually.

The Independent UK

FDA declines to regulate CBD; calls on Congress for fix

The Food and Drug Administration says there are too many unknowns about CBD products to regulate them as foods or supplements

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FDA seeks end of regulatory wild west for CBD products - Roll Call

The announcement came as the agency has faced some pressure to regulate CBD products as dietary supplements.

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Evening Standard

New drug cures man with terminal cancer

The drug in question, Lunsumio, is currently under review in the UK.

WEKU

UV nail dryers may pose cancer risks, a study says. Here are precautions you can take

A new study finds that UV dryers for gel nail polish can damage DNA and mutate cells, confirming dermatologists' safety concerns. There are precautions you can take and alternatives to consider.

Tribune News Service

Adam Minter: This column may, or may not, cause an allergic reaction

For years, Olive Garden's famous breadsticks were considered safe to eat by the more than 1.5 million Americans who suffer from sesame allergies. But that's no more. In December, the Italian eatery began adding sesame flour to its recipe.

Al Jazeera

Pro-abortion rights advocates sue over state pill restrictions

The lawsuit comes as Republican-led states in the US attempt to crack down on the use of abortion-inducing medications.

The Independent UK

FDA food safety official resigns, cites structural issues

The Food and Drug Administration's top food safety official has resigned

Chicago Sun-Times

FDA announces proposed levels for lead in processed baby food products

The proposed action levels — which are not legally set limits — would result in reduced exposures to lead and lessen potential health effects for babies and toddlers, the agency said.

Tribune News Service

North Carolina doctor who successfully challenged state abortion ban sues over pill restrictions

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina OB-GYN who successfully challenged the state’s 20-week abortion law is now suing the state over its abortion pills laws.

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