Healthcare providers who use electronic prescriptions for at least 50 percent of prescriptions tend to have lower rates of adverse drug events among diabetic patients in ambulatory settings, according ...

Adverse drug events are more common in older people with comorbidities, a new study finds. Factors that are independently linked with adverse drug events are being female, taking more drugs daily, ...

A new study has found Twitter contains more than three times as many reports of adverse reactions for 23 commonly used medications than the Food and Drug Administration. For the study, researchers ...

Older adults who were deprescribed sedatives after hospital discharges were 61% less likely to have adverse drug events within 30 days of leaving the hospital. That is according to a report published ...

The evaluation of drug safety in clinical trials is a critical element of the drug development process, ensuring that therapeutic benefits outweigh potential harms. Clinical trials, particularly in ...

As Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FDA leadership continue to look for ways to boost transparency and reshape the U.S' healthcare infrastructure, the U.S. drug regulator has unveiled ...

If four full 737s were crashing daily resulting in total loss of life, there would be a public outcry and immediate governmental intervention. Yet, we lose an equivalent number of people daily — ...

CHICAGO -- Adverse event risks varied across biologics used by asthma patients, an analysis of data submitted to the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) showed. In comparing relative number of ...

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug ...