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Search results for "The FDA announced a recall of cough drops and throat lozenges"

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Rosa DeLauro stated on February 04, 2009 in a news conference:
"When the salmonella source was finally identified, FDA officials had to wait for industry approval before they could go live with the [peanut] recall."
By Alexander Lane• February 19, 2009
Viral image stated on March 13, 2020 in a viral image:
Drinking “water a lot and gargling with warm water & salt or vinegar eliminates” the coronavirus.
By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2020
Bloggers stated on October 11, 2018 in :
If you get a flu shot, you're "poisoning yourself."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 25, 2018
Sherill Sellman stated on February 12, 2020 in remarks on the Jim Bakker show:
Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.”
By Julia Garlich• March 17, 2020
Facebook posts stated on September 04, 2015 in a Facebook post:
Says giving Motrin and Robitussin together can cause heart attacks in children.  
By Samantha Putterman• October 30, 2019
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a post:
Says people can follow a 1960 recipe for homemade baby formula as a workaround during the current shortage.
By Monique Curet• May 13, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Homemade baby formula recipes offer a ‘viable option’ during U.S. shortage
By Monique Curet, Samantha Putterman• May 13, 2022
Instagram posts stated on December 16, 2023 in an Instagram reel:
Video is evidence that Hillary Clinton is a reptile.
By Sara Swann• December 21, 2023
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The infant formula shortage was purposely created because Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates invested in artificial breast milk.
By Samantha Putterman• May 12, 2022
Daily Caller stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller:
"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2016
Elizabeth Cohen stated on February 02, 2015 in an interview with Anderson Cooper:
"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."
By Katie Sanders• February 4, 2015
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media:
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
By Emily Venezky• March 11, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 04, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"Vitamins aren’t FDA approved, but Twinkies are.”
By Jeff Cercone• April 7, 2023
Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:
CDC warns a third of adults may die from dangerous bacteria in ramen noodles.
By Jeff Cercone• September 18, 2024
Scott Walker stated on May 16, 2012 in a television ad:
Since Scott Walker took office as governor in January 2011, there has been an increase of 33,200 jobs in Wisconsin.
By James B. Nelson• May 24, 2012
Shared This stated on November 28, 2017 in an article on a website:
A Colgate toothpaste is subject to "recall."
By Amy Sherman• December 12, 2017
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2023 in a campaign video:
“Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.”
By Michelle Andrews• October 2, 2023
Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in a post:
Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.
By Sara Swann• March 14, 2025
Larry Elder stated on August 31, 2021 in a CNN interview:
“I don’t believe the science suggests that young people should be vaccinated. I don’t believe that young people should have to wear masks at school. I’m not sure the science is settled on that at all.”
By Chris Nichols• September 11, 2021
X posts stated on May 24, 2021 in Twitter:
"The CDC lowered the PCR threshold while no longer recording asymptomatic cases...but only for the vaccinated."
By Michael Majchrowicz• June 3, 2021

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