Vinayak Prasad, program manager of WHO's tobacco control unit, told reporters that development of new products was solely intended to expand the markets of tobacco firms.

Dr. Vinayak Prasad, who leads WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative, said the failure to regulate "represents a missed opportunity as tobacco product regulation, in the context of comprehensive control ...

However, the United States is currently not on track, bogged down by litigation over warnings on cigarette packaging and lags in taxation, said Vinayak Prasad of the WHO’s tobacco control unit.

"We are asking for guidance to help the FDA decide what strain to select for COVID-19 vaccines going forward," the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research director Dr. Vinayak Prasad said at ...

The United States will limit Covid-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at risk of serious illness, while requiring vaccine makers to run fresh clinical trials before offering shots ...

Dr. Vinayak Prasad, who leads WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative, said the failure to regulate "represents a missed opportunity as tobacco product regulation, in the context of comprehensive control ...