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Abortion pill access in limbo after competing rulings

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. A federal judge in Texas on Friday, April 7, 2023, ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into question access to the nation’s most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval. Federal lawyers representing the FDA are expected to swiftly appeal the ruling. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

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How to avoid buying fake COVID tests online as kits become …

Officials say Americans should make sure that rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits they buy have been authorized by the FDA. Here's an example of an authorized test from iHealth Labs.(JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

FDA expands Pfizer boosters for children as young as 12 …

A child receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination on Nov.4, 2021 in Annandale, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FDA panel backs COVID-19 pill from Merck

This undated file image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication molnupiravir. An experimental COVID-19 drug that could soon become the first U.S.-authorized pill to treat the coronavirus faces one final hurdle Tuesday: A panel of government experts will scrutinize data on the medication from drugmaker Merck. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)

FDA delaying decision on Moderna’s COVID vaccine for 12- …

This Dec. 23, 2020 file photo shows a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the first round of staff vaccinations at a hospital in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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FDA advisers endorse Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for …

This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may be getting closer as government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2021 began deliberating whether there’s enough evidence that the shots are safe and effective for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP)

FDA OKs mixing COVID vaccines and approves Moderna, …

This Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 file photo shows vials for the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

U.S. expected to OK mixing and matching of COVID …

This Dec. 23, 2020 file photo shows a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the first round of staff vaccinations at a hospital in Denver. Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week in an effort to provide flexibility for those seeking to maintain protection against the coronavirus. The upcoming announcement by the Food and Drug Administration is likely to come along with authorization for boosters of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson shots. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

FDA to consider booster shots of Moderna, J&J COVID …

In this May 19, 2021, file photo, a licensed practical nurse draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Starting Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration convenes its independent advisers for the first stage in the process of deciding whether extra shots of Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines should be dispensed and, if so, who should get them and when. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FDA authorizes use of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine booster …

In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Reading, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

U.S. expected to recommend COVID vaccine boosters …

In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, Tyson Foods team members receive COVID-19 vaccines from health officials at the Wilkesboro, N.C. facility. (Melissa Melvin/AP Images for Tyson Foods File)

Untold number of Americans getting COVID-19 boosters …

In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, Dr. Yomaris Pena, Internal Medicine Physician with Somos Community Care at a COVID-19 extracts the last bit of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine out of a vial so as not to waste it at a vaccination site at the Corsi Houses in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)