On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will ban brominated vegetable oil (BVO), a food additive. The ban will take effect on Aug. 2, 2024. BVO is a vegetable oil modified with bromine, a toxic gas. In the late 1960s, the FDA authorized using BVO in small amounts (not exceeding 15 […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the outbreak of monkeypox across multiple countries does not constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) “at present,” according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the International Health Response (IHR) Emergency Committee. In the meeting statement, released on June 25, the WHO determined that monkeypox […]

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) banned all of JUUL Labs Inc’s products on June 23 from the market, delivering a blow to the popular e-cigarette company. “Today’s action is further progress on the FDA’s commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed to consumers meet our public […]

The CDC has reported a 530 percent increase in annual cases of melatonin poisoning in children from 2012 to 2021, with increased cases of hospitalizations and adverse effects over the 10-year period. In 2021, over 52,000 calls were made to U.S. poison centers for melatonin ingestion—over a six-fold increase from a decade earlier—with researchers finding […]

After a lengthy hearing, Novak Djokovic has been released from immigration detention in Australia, with federal judge Anthony Kelly re-instating the tennis player’s visa after the hearings on Monday with fans celebrating his win outside the Federal Circuit Court. Kelly ordered that Djokovic’s passport and all other personal effects be returned to him, with the […]