Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Donald Trump's new executive order requiring pharmaceutical companies to list all the side effects of the drugs they sell could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States is one of just two countries where drugmakers can advertise directly to patients. BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty ...

We have been complaining about direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising for decades. Far too often, the commercials make it seem as if their products are magical. People are seen ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In today’s media landscape, you know what outrages me the most? Seeing those repetitive, dreamlike and misleading prescription drug commercials that seem to ...

Senators Bernie Sanders and Angus King introduced a bill to ban all prescription drug advertising. The ban would cover TV, radio, print, digital platforms, and social media. RFK Jr. and other ...

President Trump's high-profile crackdown on drug advertising could quickly hit a wall due to legal challenges and the changing ways medicines are marketed to the public. Why it matters: Trump's ...

Does anyone really listen to prescription drug commercials on television? Virtually all these ads come with a long list of scary side effects. It’s hard to believe that people would badger their ...

Aging means “becoming a target” of the industry, one expert said. After decades of debate, politicians of all stripes are proposing bans. By Paula Span Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 ...

In today’s media landscape, you know what outrages me the most? Seeing those repetitive, dreamlike and misleading prescription drug commercials that seem to eat up more TV air time every year and have ...