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Wednesday, Dec. 30, and I’m Nita Lelyveld, writing from Los Angeles, as Julia Wick takes a few days off. Much of California will have to remain under a strict stay-at-home order for now. Only rural Northern California is free of the most recent limitations on businesses and activities. Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s health and human services secretary, on Tuesday extended those restrictions “for the time being” in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley. He said any decision to lift the restrictions will depend on projections of ICU availability four weeks into the future. Which ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The FTC announced yesterday settlements with six companies accused of making a broad range of unsubstantiated health claims, including that CBD can treat cancer, heart disease, hypertension, Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorder, and chronic pain, among others.   Nicknamed, “Operation CBDeceit,” the enforcement sweep is part of the Commission’s ongoing effort to protect consumers from false, deceptive, and misleading health claims made in advertisements on websites and through social media companies such as Twitter. For th...

Print Whatever else we’ve learned from the race to come up with a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s clear that consumers depend on federal authorities to make sure the medicines we take are safe and effective. So why do those same authorities all but shrug off the safety and effectiveness of dietary supplements — those over-the-counter herbal and holistic remedies intended to address potentially serious ailments? These products are sold without any requirement for upfront evidence of effectiveness and without a need for regulatory approval prior to being offered to consumers. While many if not mos...