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FDA Takes Action to Address Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

FDA is working with U.S. Government partners, including CDC, and international partners to address the pandemic.

Donate COVID-19 Plasma

If you have fully recovered from COVID-19, you may be able to help patients currently fighting the infection by donating your plasma.

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New Era for Smarter Food Safety

New Era of Smarter Food Safety

A new approach to food safety that recognizes and builds on the progress made in the past but looks towards what processes and tools will be needed for the future.
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Fostering Drug Competition

Increasing the availability of generic drugs helps to create competition in the marketplace, helping make treatment more affordable and increasing access to healthcare for more patients.
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Combating the Opioid Crisis

FDA takes actions to combat prescription opioid abuse.

Recent Press Announcements

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Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts

The FDA provides information gathered from press releases and other public notices about certain recalls of FDA-regulated products. Not all recalls have press releases or are posted on this website

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FDA VOICES: PERSPECTIVES FROM FDA EXPERTS

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It Just Got Easier for Physicians to Help Their Patients Gain Access to Investigational Treatments

Expanded access helps those patients who do not qualify for a clinical trial or otherwise cannot participate to gain access to investigational treatments.
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Equivalence: Using a Trade Mechanism to Ensure Broader Consumer Choice and Open New Markets for Molluscan Shellfish

FDA is using a mechanism known as equivalence to begin reopening markets in raw and processed molluscan shellfish.
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

The FDA’s Scientific and Regulatory Oversight of Vaccines is Vital to Public Health

FDA is committed to making decisions regarding the authorization or approval of COVID-19 vaccines that are guided by science and data.

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