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CDC’s ACIP Vaccine Advisory Panel Lacks Leader and Voting Members

CDC’s ACIP Vaccine Advisory Panel Lacks Leader and Voting Members

In making decisions about which vaccines should or should not be given to people and when developing childhood, adolescent and adult vaccination schedules, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) heavily relies on recommendations provided by an outside group of 15 medical and public health professionals, who make up a panel known as […]

FDA Removes Informed Consent Protections from Some Human Clinical Trials

FDA Removes Informed Consent Protections from Some Human Clinical Trials

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that authorizes some experimental human clinical trials to operate without first obtaining informed consent from participants. The new rule, which took effect on Jan. 22, 2024, allows clinical investigations that pose no more than a “minimal risk” and have appropriate safeguards to protect […]

Dopamine Neurons May Be Damaged by SARS-CoV-2

Dopamine Neurons May Be Damaged by SARS-CoV-2

A new study provides evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect brain cells responsible for mood, movement and stress, causing a disruption in dopamine production and leading to symptoms such as feeling sad and brain fog. The study, which was conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, […]

Laxative Drug MiraLAX Side Effect Reports Include Brain Dysfunction in Children

Laxative Drug MiraLAX Side Effect Reports Include Brain Dysfunction in Children

In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a grant of nearly $325,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to study the side effects of the osmotive laxative MiraLAX in children. The call for this investigation came after thousands of parents filed MiraLAX related adverse reaction reports and the advocacy group the […]

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