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For the first time, U.S. health regulators have judged a type of smokeless tobacco to be less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options for smokers. The milestone announcement on Tuesday makes Swedish Match tobacco pouches the first so-called reduced-risk tobacco product ever sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration. FDA regulators stressed that their decision does not mean the pouches are safe, just less harmful, and that all tobacco products pose risks. The pouches will still bear mandatory government warnings that they can cause mouth cancer, gum disease and tooth loss. But the company will be able to advertise its tobacco pouches as posing a lower risk of lung cancer, bronchitis, heart disease and other diseases than cigarettes. The pouches of ground tobacco, called snus — Swedish for snuff and pronounced "snoose" — have been popular in Scandinavian countries for decades but are a tiny part of the U.S. tobacco market. … [Read more...] about US Endorses Tobacco Pouches as Less Risky Than Cigarettes

HARRISBURG (AP/KDKA) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health says a CDC advisory committee’s meeting on Wednesday revealed that a 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman experienced a rare blood clot after getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It comes as the Health Department announced it would follow the lead of government health advisers and extend the pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until April 24. READ MORE: Johnson & Johnson Vaccine To Remain In Limbo While Officials Seek More Evidence The state says the CDC won’t be releasing personal information on the blood clotting case in the Pennsylvania woman, but said she recovered after receiving treatment at a New Jersey hospital. Government health advisers declared Wednesday that they need more evidence to decide if a handful of unusual blood clots were linked to the shot — and if so, how big the risk really is. The reports are exceedingly rare — six cases out of more than 7 million U.S. inoculations with the … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania Woman Among Cases Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Blood Clots

The Treasury Department on Thursday for the first time said an associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Paul John Manafort Hunter Biden blasts Trump in new book: 'A vile man with a vile mission' Prosecutors drop effort to seize three Manafort properties after Trump pardon FBI offers 0K reward for Russian figure Kilimnik MORE 's passed “sensitive” campaign polling information to Russian intelligence in 2016. The revelation came as the Biden administration imposed new sanctions on Russia, including Manafort associate Konstantin Kilimnik Konstantin Kilimnik FBI offers 0K reward for Russian figure Kilimnik Putin is no ordinary threat to America The Hill's Morning Report - Jill Biden urges country to embrace her husband MORE , in response to both the SolarWinds hack and the Kremlin's efforts to influence U.S. elections. “During the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, Kilimnik provided the Russian Intelligence Services … [Read more...] about Treasury: Manafort associate passed ‘sensitive’ campaign data to Russian intelligence

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel is coming under increased criticism for continuing a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that is keeping doses on the shelf while the pandemic rages. Many experts backed the initial pause, announced on Tuesday, when it appeared that it would only last for a few days and would give time to alert health care providers to treatment guidelines around extremely rare cases of blood clots in people receiving the J&J vaccine. But the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) decided to put off making a recommendation during a Wednesday meeting in order to gather more data, in practice keeping the pause in effect until the panel meets again in seven to 10 days and raising alarms among experts about a more substantial delay. ADVERTISEMENT “I think the initial pause was the right step but I was really disappointed by ACIP yesterday,” said Leana Wen, a public health professor at … [Read more...] about Johnson & Johnson delay prompts criticism for CDC panel

Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine remained in limbo on Wednesday as a U.S. health panel called for more data before deciding how and whether to resume use of the one-dose shot, putting off a vote for a week or more. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel decided to delay a vote on how best to use the J&J shot even after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientist told advisers he believed warnings could mitigate the risk of extremely rare but serious blood clots. The panel is reviewing six reported cases of rare brain blood clots in women who received the J&J vaccine, a day after the FDA and CDC jointly recommended pausing its use to assess the issue. Dr. Lynn Batha, an epidemiologist at the Minnesota health department, and several others spoke in favor of extending the pause to gather more safety information. "By having more robust information, I think we can be more confident about how we talk about the safety of this … [Read more...] about J&J COVID-19 Vaccine in Limbo as US Panel Delays Vote on Resuming Shots