WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new guidelines aimed at improving treatment options for young children with partial onset seizures (POS). The ...

In 2008, the FDA strongly recommended against giving over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to children who are under age 2. However, rather than requiring manufacturers to warn consumers, the ...

FDA’s actions are too little, too late. Organizations that prioritize children’s welfare were quick to react. “Nearly all baby foods on the market already comply with these limits, making ...

The new guidance comes more than a year after lead-tainted pouches of apple cinnamon puree sickened more than 560 children in the U.S. between October 2023 and April 2024, according to the CDC.

The FDA guidance caps lead levels for children younger than 2 at 10 parts per billion for fruits, most vegetables, grain and meat mixtures, yogurts, custards and puddings, and single-ingredient meats.

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two ...

Attorney General Kris Mayes urged the FDA to enact regulations to protect children from heavy metals in baby foods.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for a new subcutaneous autoinjector formulation of belimumab (Benlysta®) treatment for children ages five years and older with active lup ...

Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy young adults and children will no longer be necessary under new guidelines suggested by the Food and Drug Administration. Top officials for the FDA said they are ...

But FDA Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary has defended the guidelines and joined Amna Nawaz to discuss why. ... And we can't keep blaming kids for this problem. At the FDA, ...