U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a warning about the dangers of online pharmacies in Alabama and other states. The FDA reports the outlets claim to sell medications at a discount, often without requiring a prescription. The pills being distributed could be unapproved, counterfeit or otherwise unsafe medicines.

With the growing opioid crisis in Alabama and across the country, health and harm reduction experts say it’s important to have a medication on hand and ready to use in the case of an overdose.

The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a warning about frozen half shell oysters in Alabama and a dozen other states over the threat of food poisoning. The shellfish were harvested back in February and exported by the Dai One Food company in South Korean, which issued a recall for the suspect oysters.

SYLACAUGA, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Blue Bell Creameries is recalling a batch of ice cream made at an Alabama plant over…

Researchers at UAB are seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration regarding a new potential treatment for cancer.Scientists say they’ve…

Alabama’s Medicaid program has announced its first real-world impact of the state budget cuts.The program announced yesterday that it would no longer…

Thousands of workers who had lost their retirement benefits in the wake of Walter Energy’s bankruptcy will soon be getting them back.The Birmingham…