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Extended interview: FDA chief calls warnings on menopause treatments an “American tragedy”

Extended interview: FDA chief calls warnings on menopause treatments an “American tragedy” – CBS News Watch CBS News FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary tells CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell in an exclusive interview why the agency decided to drop decades-old “black box” warnings on many hormone therapy drugs used for menopause and perimenopause symptoms. Source link

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Canceled flights live updates with thousands more flights scratched in U.S. over government shutdown

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, ranking member of the Senate’s Aviation, Space and Innovation Subcommittee, on Monday criticized President Trump after he threatened to dock the pay of air traffic controllers who took off work amid staffing shortages and the government shutdown. “It’s disgraceful and dangerous to threaten to punish controllers who put the…

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FDA chief says warning labels deterred women from using menopause hormone therapy: “It’s an American tragedy”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will remove the “black box” warning labels on many hormone therapy drugs used for menopause and perimenopause symptoms — a major turnaround that’s likely to encourage more women to seek treatment. FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said in an exclusive CBS News interview that the change ends a decades-long…

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