Ocaliva for NASH Gets Thumbs Down From FDA Advisors

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Major League Baseball launched a community assistance platform Wednesday called “MLB Together.” The platform will focus on youth empowerment; diversity, equity and inclusion; domestic and physical safety;

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30% of Adults Depressed; Safety Anxiety Runs High; Reimbursement Woes for ADHD Games

Nearly 30% of U.S. adults say they've been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives -- up 10% since 2015 -- according to a Gallup poll. The FDA issued updated warnings to improve safe use of prescription stimulants to treat attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other conditions.

BP subsidiary agrees to record $40M penalty and pollution-cutting steps at Lake Michigan ...

Federal officials say a BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control the release of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery in northern Indiana

Possibly contaminated Gerber infant formula sent to Alabama after recall

Gerber Good Start SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula had a possible presence of Cronobacter sakazakii, which can cause serious or deadly infections.

Gay men can now donate blood after FDA changes decades-old rule – a health policy ...

The ban was initially put in place in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, but for years medical professionals and gay rights advocates have argued that the ban was no longer medically justifiable and that it unnecessarily discriminated against men who have sex with men.

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