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Baltimore health commissioner wants more FDA warnings on painkillers, anti-anxiety medications

The FDA issues stickers -- often called "black box warnings" or "boxed warnings on some antibiotics -- warning of possible tendon ruptures, and on some anti-depressants warning of suicide risks.

Doctors petition FDA for 'black box' warning on combining opioid analgesics, tranquilizers

Thirty city and state health directors from around the nation are calling on FDA to label opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines with its strongest warning.

Health Commissioner Wen Issues Statement in Support of State's Proposed Legislation to Ban Powdered Alcohol

BALTIMORE, MD (February 22, 2016)–Today, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen issued the following statement in support of Maryland General Assembly House Bill 749 which would prohibit the sale of powdered alcohol: 

Public Health Officials Urge FDA to Issue Warnings for Dangerous Combination of Medications Amid Prescription Drug Overdose Crisis

(February 22, 2016)– City and state health directors from across the country today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt labels to explicitly warn about a dangerous combination of medications that is helping drive the nation’s prescription drug overdose epidemic.

Doctors call for warning on combining painkillers, tranquilizers

At a time of widespread concern over the epidemic of painkiller abuse, a growing number of people are calling for changes in the way that the Food and Drug Administration regulates addictive medica

Doctors call for warning on combining painkillers, tranquilizers

At a time of widespread concern over the epidemic of painkiller abuse, a growing number of people are calling for changes in the way that the Food and Drug Administration regulates addictive medica

Group Formed For Zika Virus Prevention

Health officials in Baltimore have formed a group to combat against the threat being posed by Zika virus.

The low-tech approach to Zika

Even though Zika virus is unlikely

Boston Public Health Commission Urges FDA to Issue Warnings for Dangerous Combination of Medications

Monica Valdes Lupi from the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) has joined city and state health directors from across the country in calling on the U.S.

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