Food and Drug Administration

A new vaccine for preventing cavities doesn’t have F.D.A. approval or promising clinical trials, but it does have customers.

Prosecutors said Keith Berman falsely claimed he had invented a blood test that could detect Covid-19 in 15 seconds. His lawyer said he had put “genuine effort” into developing such a test.

Results of a large clinical trial found the treatment did not work any better than a placebo.

A lawsuit that restricts a widely used abortion drug is unlikely to be the last challenge to Americans’ reproductive freedom.

The agency faulted the device maker for delayed notice of mounting complications, citing increasing reports of how use of the device perforated the walls of the heart.

Varios jueces cuestionaron la conveniencia de aplicar restricciones nacionales a la mifepristona porque sería la primera vez que un tribunal cuestiona el juicio de los expertos de la FDA sobre un medicamento.

Several justices questioned the remedy of applying nationwide restrictions to mifepristone because it would be the first time a court had second-guessed the F.D.A.’s expert judgment on a drug.

The law prevents the mailing of drugs used for abortions.

It’s now the most used abortion method.

More than half of people who get legal abortions in the United States — and three-quarters in Europe — use medication abortion.