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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,648 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:44 PM 11 hrs ago

HHS to end emergency authorization for COVID-19 drugs, medical devices

Source: American Hospital Association

HHS to end emergency authorization for COVID-19 drugs, medical devices

Jun 30, 2026 - 03:58 PM

The Department of Health and Human Services June 30 announced it will terminate emergency use authorization declarations for certain drugs and medical devices used to treat COVID-19, saying circumstances justifying the authorizations no longer exist. The declaration for drugs and biological products will end June 29, 2027, while the declaration for medical devices will end Dec. 26, 2026. The EUA declarations were issued in 2020 to accelerate access to medical products during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read more: https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2026-06-30-hhs-end-emergency-authorization-covid-19-drugs-medical-devices

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HHS to end emergency authorization for COVID-19 drugs, medical devices (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago OP
are these things still available, or are we down to ivermectine rampartd 11 hrs ago #1
Bleach and light bulbs are still available, but we'd better stock up! erronis 11 hrs ago #2
bleach is up near $9 and shrinkflated to 3/4 gal rampartd 11 hrs ago #3
Or EuterpeThelo 10 hrs ago #5
The cure for all this evil... GiqueCee 10 hrs ago #4
The root of the evil is much deeper. Look who nominated him and approved him. erronis 10 hrs ago #7
Well i guess they learned so much from the FLU vaccine in the military, that they decided to do THIS? bluestarone 10 hrs ago #6
"They" want to kill us. End of story. Botany 8 hrs ago #8

GiqueCee

(5,105 posts)
4. The cure for all this evil...
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:19 PM
10 hrs ago

... is simple: Remove Kennedy with all possible haste; I no longer care how. And I don't mean the ultimate removal, though I look forward to reading his obituary; I would want him to live with the knowledge that he is despised for all the harm he has done.

erronis

(25,039 posts)
7. The root of the evil is much deeper. Look who nominated him and approved him.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:04 PM
10 hrs ago

Look at the Medical-Insurance-Pharmacological complex that wants an ineffective regulatory process.

bluestarone

(22,582 posts)
6. Well i guess they learned so much from the FLU vaccine in the military, that they decided to do THIS?
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:30 PM
10 hrs ago

Bunch of DUMB FUCKS that enjoy being on republican DEATH PANELS!!

Botany

(78,289 posts)
8. "They" want to kill us. End of story.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 09:06 PM
8 hrs ago

They = Thiel, Musk, Trump, Putin, the fossil
fuel industries, other rich and powerful
forces and people. These actions are purposefully done. Botany =

Gotta thin the heard to keep control.

I might be wrong but I don't think I am. When the CDC finished a multi year study
that showed the C-19 vaccine and the flu vaccine were safe and effective RFK Jr tried to block the release of that study.
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