First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow Americ…
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Drugmaker seeks FDA’s OK for over-the-counter birth control
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S.
July 12, 2022
HSV Rotary hears about online pharmacy perils
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE -- During the Aug. 4 meeting of the Hot Springs Village Rotary Club, Village resident Al Lewis described his work to protect people from un…
$1,000-per-pill drug overtaken by pricier successor
WASHINGTON -- The $1,000 pill for a liver-wasting viral infection that made headlines last year is no longer the favorite of patients and doctors.
- By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press
FDA advisers back over-the-counter sales of birth control pill
WASHINGTON -- Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U…
May 11, 2023
Treatments for COVID-19 to enter the market with a hefty price tag
WASHINGTON -- The COVID-19 treatments millions of Americans have taken for free from the federal government will enter the private market next week with a heft…
October 28, 2023
Study calls heart imaging into question for mild chest pain
SAN DIEGO -- People checked with a heart CT scan after seeing a doctor for chest pain have no less risk of heart attack, dying or being hospitalized months lat…
- By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press
Use of medication for abortion is common; here’s how it works
Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. These involve taking tw…
July 3, 2022
Plan to import cheaper Canadian drugs advances under Trump
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration, eager to show progress on prescription drug costs, on Wednesday moved forward with its plan to allow Americans to safel…
- By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press
Vitamin B3 may help prevent certain skin cancers
For the first time, a large study suggests that a vitamin might modestly lower the risk of the most common types of skin cancer in people with a history of the…
- By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press
Impaired driver allegedly found with gun, pills, half-pound of THC edibles
A Booneville woman was arrested Wednesday on multiple felony charges after she was pulled over for allegedly driving while impaired and found in possession of …
- By Steven Mross
US regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday permanently loosened some restrictions on abortion pills, including a long-standing requirement that…
December 17, 2021
Jury holds pharmacies responsible for role in opioid crisis
CLEVELAND -- CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said Tuesday in a …
November 24, 2021
Merck asks US FDA to authorize anti-COVID pill
WASHINGTON -- Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon…
October 11, 2021
FDA: Popular nasal decongestant doesn’t really relieve congestion
WASHINGTON -- The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is no better than a dummy pill, according to governm…
September 13, 2023
Data show many companies contributed to US opioid crisis
WASHINGTON -- The maker of OxyContin has been cast as the chief villain in the nation's opioid crisis. But newly released government figures suggest Purdue Pha…
- By GEOFF MULVIHILL MATTHEW PERRONE The Associated Press
Official: Pills found at Prince's estate contained fentanyl
MINNEAPOLIS -- Some of the pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl -- a synthe…
- By AMY FORLITI The Associated Press
$1,000 Sovaldi now hepatitis treatment of choice
WASHINGTON -- The price may be high but so is demand. A new $1,000-per-pill drug has become the treatment of choice for Americans with hepatitis C, a liver-was…
- By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press
Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
CLEVELAND -- So many prescription painkillers were dispensed in Lake County, Ohio, between 2012 and 2016 that the amount equaled 265 pills for every resident. …
- By Ann Presley
Study: Drugstore pain pills as effective as opioids in emergency room patients
CHICAGO -- Emergency rooms are where many patients are first introduced to powerful opioid painkillers, but what if doctors offered over-the-counter pills inst…
- By LINDSEY TANNER The Associated Press