The Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who wants the agency to add new warnings to antidepressants about unproven ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

The FDA's controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is leaving the agency. It's the second time he has abruptly departed following decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty ...

ESTILL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — As students head back to class, school districts in Kentucky are adjusting to a policy change in school medication administration. "Anytime that the laws change, KRS ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares rose as much as 11% in late trading Monday after the biotech company said its drug to treat a kidney disorder met its goal in a late-stage trial, providing a boost ...

The administration of medications via enteral feeding tubes is a vital practice in the care of patients who are unable to ingest drugs orally. This route enables the delivery of essential treatments ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

The Trump administration is asking a federal judge in Texas to dismiss a case that aims to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone. The request continues the Biden administration's position ...

The head of the Food and Drug Administration plans to start offering bonus payments to agency drug reviewers who complete ...

Over-the-counter medications for sale at a pharmacy. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary tweeted last week that ...

TrumpRx was unveiled this month as part of an effort to foster a more competitive marketplace for prescription drugs.

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...