RESPIRATORY HEALTH

Altria will buy vape-maker NJOY and absorb the company’s NJOY ACE production as the only e-vapor product with market authorizations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The prices of eggs rose more than any other grocery item last year, driven by avian influenza and higher feed costs.

Walgreens announced on Monday that it lifted an online cap for purchasing children's fever-reducing medicines like Tylenol after in-stock conditions improved.

CVS and Walgreens recently put limits on purchases of children's pain relief medication amid a rise in respiratory illnesses such as the flu and RSV.

Tobacco companies took California's recently-approved by voters ban on flavored tobacco products to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. The ban takes effect Dec. 21.

New Zealand’s parliament has passed a new set of anti-smoking laws that bans the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009.

Medical professionals warn that supply shortages of common antibiotics "is of great concern" for vulnerable populations who "literally have no immune system" after the pandemic.

Voters in California took to the polls to support a measure that bans the sale of flavored tobacco products statewide except for hookah, loose-leaf tobacco and premium cigars.

Juul and the FDA have agreed to put their court case on hold while the government reopens its review of the company's e-cigarettes.

The European Commission has proposed banning the sale of flavored heated tobacco products in the EU. The proposal comes as sales of these products continue to rise.

When COVID-19 vaccines were first rolling out in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended waiting 14 days between the shots and other immunizations as a precaution. But the agency has since revised its guidelines and says the wait is unnecessary.