Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine Issued by FDA
Washington, DC--Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease...
Baricitinib plus Remdesivir Shows Promise for Treating COVID-19: NIH
Washington, DC--The combination of baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug, and remdesivir, an antiviral, reduced time to recovery for people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to clinical...
FDA Authorizes First Direct-to-Consumer COVID-19 Test System
Washington, DC--Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized LabCorp’s Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit for use by any individual 18 years and...
LASD Deputy Sheriff on Patrol Ambushed by Gunfire in Altadena
Los Angeles -- Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Altadena Station are asking for your help identifying and locating the two attempted...
Chau Introduces Legislation to Combat Misinformation Online
SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblymember Ed Chau (D–Monterey Park) introduced legislation that would empower Californians to better assess what social media platforms are doing to address the rampant spread...
FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 and Flu Combination Test for Use with Home-collected Samples
Washington, DC--the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized on December 4 the first diagnostic test for at home collection of patient samples to detect...
FDA Approves First PSMA-Targeted PET Imaging Drug for Men with Prostate Cancer
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Gallium 68 PSMA-11 (Ga 68 PSMA-11) – the first drug for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging...
Fourth Iteration of COVID-19 Treatment Trial Underway: NIH
Washington, DC--The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that the fourth iteration of...
COVID-19 Travel Health Notice Levels and Testing for International Travelers
Atlanta, GA--On Saturday, November 21, CDC revised the Travel Health Notice system for COVID-19 and released new recommendations for testing before and after international air travel to help the public make informed decisions for safer,...
FDA Authorizes Drug Combination for Treatment of COVID-19
Washington, DC--the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) on November 19 for the drug baricitinib, in combination with remdesivir, for the...
