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A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. British health authorities have authorized an updated version of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine that aims to protect against the original virus and the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

U.K. is the first country to approve reformulated COVID-19 shots

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Dog food is shown in a pet store in Westfield, Ind., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. In 2018, the FDA began investigating whether the increasing popularity of grain-free dog foods had led to a sudden rise in a potentially fatal heart disease in dogs. Four years later, the FDA has reached no conclusion, but the publicity surrounding the issue has shrunk the once-promising market for grain-free dog foods. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

How canine heart disease was tied to grain-free dog food

By Helen Santoro - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020 photo a woman holds a Puff Bar flavored disposable vape device in New York. The Food and Drug Administration says it will soon begin cracking down on vaping companies that have used a now-closed loophole to escape federal oversight, including the company behind a line of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that have become the top choice among teenagers. Under a new law taking effect Thursday, April 14, 2022, the FDA can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine. (AP Photo/Marshall Ritzel)

As FDA flounders, the U.K. surges ahead with vaping

By Martin Cullip

A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at the Norristown Public Health Center in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers. The company announced early findings from a study of children younger than 6 on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Louisiana scraps COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students

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Robert Kramer, president and chief executive officer of Emergent BioSolutions, speaks via videoconference during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, examining Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland biotech firm whose Baltimore plant ruined millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

House panel alleges cover-up by contract vaccine manufacturer

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FILE — Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey gives his state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. Governor Ducey signed a series of bills Wednesday, March 30, targeting abortion and transgender rights, joining a growing list of GOP-led states pursuing a conservative social agenda. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona’s ‘Right to Try 2.0’

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Md., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, federal health advisers narrowly ruled against an experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a potential setback for patient groups who lobbied for the medication’s approval. A majority of advisers to the FDA voted 6-4 that a single study from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals failed to establish the drug's effectiveness in treating the deadly neurodegenerative disease known also as ALS, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

In this Monday, March 26, 2018 photo, sunlight illuminates a section of The Angel of Resurrection stained glass window by American artist Louis Tiffany at The Church of the Advent in Cincinnati. The church features stained glass by American artist Louis Tiffany. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)

Priest who balked at COVID-19 precautions removed from parish

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This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the FDA to act swiftly in finalizing a regulation that will clear the way for Americans to find hearing aids in stores without a medical exam or fitting by a specialist. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FDA needs to make a sound decision on Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Rationing Healthcare Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Oregon wants to ration health care in new proposal

By Sally C. Pipes

FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2020, file photo a Chester County, Pa., Health Department worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before administering it at the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester, Pa. Moderna said Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 that a low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds. It is the second U.S. vaccine aimed at eventually being offered to children. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

FDA delays decision on Moderna vaccine for adolescents

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FILE - This image provided by Biogen on Monday, June 7, 2021 shows a vial and packaging for the drug Aduhelm. The first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it in June 2021, but its rollout has been slowed by questions about its price and how well it works. (Biogen via AP, File)

In quiet debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticism

By Tom Murphy - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2021, file photo, a vital of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that is being administered for flight attendants of Japan Airlines at Haneda Airport as the airline company began its workplace vaccination, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Moderna, Pfizer reveal data in favor of COVID-19 booster shots

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Nurse Mary Ezzat prepares to administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to Jessica M. Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at UCI Medical Center in Orange, Calif. Jessica M. is a healthcare worker who is also immunocompromised. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)

The coincidental timing of Pfizer’s vaccine approval

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Mail Order Abortion Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Time to put a Surgeon General’s warning on chemical abortion pills

By Kristan Hawkins

FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing the problem-plagued factory of contract manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions to resume production of COVID-19 vaccine bulk substance to resume, the company said Thursday, July 29. The Baltimore factory was shut down by the FDA in mid-April due to contamination problems that forced the company to trash the equivalent of tens of millions of doses of vaccine it was making under contract for Johnson &amp; Johnson. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Emergent: FDA letting troubled COVID vaccine factory restart

By Linda A. Johnson - Associated Press

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Loudon, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

Chris Sununu, New Hampshire governor, signs ‘medical freedom’ law against COVID-19 vaccines

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey gives a thumbs up to people in line to get COVID-19 vaccinations at an Alabama National Guard clinic in Camden, Ala., on Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler) ** FILE **

Ala. Gov. Kay Ivey fumes over worst vaccination rate in U.S.: ‘Start blaming the unvaccinated folks’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a Kent State University student gets his Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination from Kent State nursing student Allie Rodriguez in Kent, Ohio, Thursday, April 8, 2021. On Friday, June 25, the FDA released a warning noting increased risk of heart inflammation for patients receiving either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, following a review of data showing reported cases of inflammation in some young patients, often in the week after receiving the second does. Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine is not included in the warning. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

FDA adds warnings about risk of heart inflammation for Pfizer, Moderna vaccine recipients

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Nevada higher ed system moves toward vaccination requirement

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