A Letter from the U. S. Food & Drug Administration
Sept. 22, 2025
Notice to Physicians on the Use of Acetaminophen During Pregnancy
A Letter from the U. S. Food & Drug Administration
Sept. 22, 2025
Notice to Physicians on the Use of Acetaminophen During Pregnancy
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-LA), chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., asking him to support the pertussis, or whooping cough, vaccine.
Read the full letter below:
“Dear Secretary Kennedy:
By: Nada Hassanein Sept. 25, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
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The American Heart Association announced that its multi-year effort to implement and fund cardiac emergency response plans (CERPs) in Louisiana schools and at school athletic events has been a success. This effort is part of the Association’s Nation of Lifesavers movement to double survival rates from cardiac arrest by 2030.
Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough that could allow easier, community-based screenings for the world’s deadliest infectious disease.