FDA clears rapid blood test for malaria
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A new blood test that can identify malaria infections within 15 minutes won approval from U.S. health officials on Tuesday.
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DDT, the long-banned insecticide   blamed for killing birds and other wildlife, is now approved   for use indoors to fight malaria, the World Health Organization   announced on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- Doctors can check patients&#39; DNA when choosing medication for them, using a test the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has approved.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new genetic test of the likelihood of recurring breast cancer, five to ten years after its onset.
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Hetero Drugs has withdrawn all six of  its generic antiretroviral drugs from the WHO's list of  approved drugs following concerns about their laboratory tests,  the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Genzyme Corp. announced Wednesday that its drug Clolar has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) (FDA (news - web sites)) for the treatment of
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The first new leukemia treatment in more than a decade approved specifically for use in children has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration.
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U.S. regulators on Tuesday ordered companies to stop selling unapproved drugs containing quinine, which is approved only in one anti-malaria drug and can have serious side-effects.
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A once-a-month drug for treating  multiple sclerosis that appears to cut relapses of the  autoimmune disorder was approved on Tuesday by the U.S. Food  and Drug Administration.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly&#39;s Cymbalta, a balanced and potent serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.
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NEW YORK  - In a study conducted at two major HIV centers in Singapore, rapid HIV self-tests were used improperly, or the results were interpreted incorrectly, by individuals at risk for HIV infection or those who were already infected.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved the first birth control pill that  eliminates a woman's monthly period.
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A trio of generic drug companies announces FDA approval of their versions of the blockbuster drug Coreg.
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India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval for clarithromycin, a generic form of Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s antibiotic Biaxin, the FDA said on Saturday.
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Los Angeles Times - After more than two decades of research, scientists said Thursday that they had found the first effective vaccine against malaria. Trials in Africa showed that the vaccine blocked almost half of new infections in young children and reduced serious disease by nearly 60%.
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US regulators said Tuesday they approved a new cancer drug from Genzyme Corp. for treating a type of childhood leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration, in a statement on its
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WASHINGTON -- The approval of a new vaccine against smallpox was announced Saturday by the Food and Drug Administration, which says the shots could be made quickly if the virtually extinct virus reappears.