CBER’s new chief has argued for more stringent measures of assessing drugs for cancer and rare diseases, suggesting he might ...

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The US Food and Drug Administration has chosen Dr Vinay Prasad, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco, to lead its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

FDA commissioner Marty Makary told FDA staff in an email that Prasad, “brings a great set of skills, energy, and competence ...

The independent experts will meet on May 22 to discuss updates to the COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming season.

With a demand that vaccine boosters be tested against placebos, RFK Jr. puts an old antivaccine claim at the forefront of government health policy.

The UCSF professor and frequent YouTube poster has criticized COVID-19 vaccine mandates as well as the accelerated approval ...

Vinay Prasad, named to lead the FDA agency tasked with regulating vaccines and gene therapy, has made controversial comments ...

India launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan, following the Pahalgam attack that killed 25 Indian citizens and one Nepali national. The Ministry of ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday ...