Vaccines, Blood & Biologics
From blood to vaccines, FDA protects and advances the public health by ensuring that biological products are safe, effective, and available to those who need them. Read these Consumer Updates to learn more.
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Biologics
- Is It Really 'FDA Approved?'
- FDA Encourages More Participation, Diversity in Clinical Trials
- The 3Rs of 3D Printing: FDA's Role
- How to Report Product Problems and Complaints to the FDA
- Making Decisions for Your Health: Getting the Info You Need
- FDA: Cutting-Edge Technology Sheds Light on Antibiotic Resistance
- Vaccines for Children: Information for Parents and Caregivers
- FDA Researchers Advance Science for Vaccines to Prevent Mumps and Whooping Cough
- Juvenile Arthritis: Discoveries Lead to Newer Treatments
- Allergy Relief for Your Child
- Biosimilars: More Treatment Options Are on the Way
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts for Consumers: March 2016
- Have You Given Blood Lately?
- It's Still Not Too Late to Get Your Flu Vaccine
- FDA’s MedWatch Safety Alerts for Consumers: December 2014 – February 2015
- Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Better Drug Information Is Coming
- FDA Helps Tackle Sickle Cell Disease
- First Rapid Home-Use HIV Kit Approved for Self-Testing
- WANTED: Consumers to Report Problems
- Cord Blood: What You Need to Know
- Did You Know? FDA Supports Research to Reduce Health Disparities
- Whole Genome Sequencing Helps FDA Identify Dangerous Bacteria
- Adult Stem Cell Research Shows Promise
- Hemophilia Treatments Have Come a Long Way
- FDA Speeds Innovation in Rare Disease Therapies
- FDA Helping to Advance Treatments Tailored to You
- Island Office Protects Consumers Near and Far
- Innovations Expand Types of Seasonal Flu Vaccines
- FDA Teams Prepare for Biological Threats
- Advances in Saving Lives with Blood
- Protect Yourself Against Tick-Borne Disease
- Clinical Trials Shed Light on Minority Health
- Making Health and Health Care Equal for All
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: February 2013
- The Evolution, and Revolution, of Flu Vaccines
- Jonca Bull: FDA Fights Health Disparities
- FDA Warns About Stem Cell Claims
- Combating Antibiotic Resistance
- The Straight Poop on Kids and Diarrhea
- Oct. 20 Webinar - FDA's MedWatch System: How to Report Adverse Events
- FDA Modernizing Regulatory Science
- Antidote Relieves Scorpion Stings
- May 17 Webinar: Foreign Inspections
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: February 2011
- Rare Diseases Take Spotlight in Annual Event
- February 15 Webinar: Safety of the Blood Supply
- FDA 101: Health Fraud Awareness
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: May 2010
- Drugs.com Furthers Reach of FDA Consumer Health Information
- FDA Approves New Prostate Cancer Therapy
- 5 Things to Know About Triclosan
- Consumer Representatives Needed for FDA Advisory Committees: Learn More at Public Meeting
- FDA Launches FDA Basics Online to Enhance Public Understanding of the Agency
- FDA Teams with Everyday Health to Expand Reach of Health Information
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: October 2009
- FDA's International Posts: Improving the Safety of Imported Food and Medical Products
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: September 2009
- FDA 101: Product Recalls (video)
- Vaccines Approved for H1N1 Influenza Virus
- July 13 Webinar—FDA’s Safety Monitoring of Approved Vaccines
- FDA Promotes Openness and Transparency to Public
- Itching for Allergy Relief?
- FDA 101: Clinical Trials and Institutional Review Boards
- Should Your Child Be in a Clinical Trial?
- FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch
- Find the Latest Drug Product and Safety Information
- FDA and WebMD Form Partnership
- Strengthening the Advisory Committee Process
- New Steps to Improve Advisory Committee Processes
- FDA 101: Advisory Committees
- FDA 101: Regulating Biological Products
- Research Improves Minority Health
- FDA Contributing to Fight Against Polio
- FDA's Strategic Plan: Charting Our Course for the Future
- Human Gene Therapies: Novel Product Development Q&A with Celia M. Witten, Ph.D, M.D.
- Renewed Legislation Improves Safety of FDA-Regulated Products
- Nasal Influenza Vaccine Approved for Younger Children
- The Critical Path: Making Medical Products Better, Faster, and Cheaper
- Building a Stronger Defense Against Bioterrorism
- FDA Releases Statement on Gene Therapy Trial
- Beware of Ticks ... & Lyme Disease
- FDA 101: Product Recalls
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: March 2010
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