Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to Office
For some federal employees, returning to the office has meant an expansion of their duties to include cleaning toilets and ...
Tag: Food and Drug Administration
Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin
Joe Grinsteiner is a gregarious online personality who touts the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. In a recent Facebook video, he produced ...
What Ivermectin Can (and Can’t) Do
At least once a week, someone asks Dr. Skyler Johnson if ivermectin can treat their cancer.Patients have asked about the ...
10,000 Federal Health Dept. Workers to Be Laid Off
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a massive layoff of 10,000 employees at the Health and Human Services Department, as ...
West Virginia Bans 7 Artificial Food Dyes, Citing Health Concerns
In the most sweeping move of its kind, West Virginia has banned foods containing most artificial food dyes and two ...
FDA-Approved Artificial Blood Vessel Stirs Concerns
When the biotech company Humacyte designed a study to see if its lab-grown blood vessel worked, it decided to measure ...
Trump Administration Delays Requirement for Companies to Track Tainted Food
The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that it would delay by 30 months a requirement that food companies ...
Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts
In the last few years, foodborne pathogens have had devastating consequences that alarmed the public. Bacteria in infant formula sickened ...
F.D.A. Issues Warning About Galaxy Gas and Other Nitrous Products
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Friday that advised consumers against inhaling nitrous oxide products such as ...
RFK Jr. Rattles Food Companies With Vow to Rid Food of Artificial Dyes
In his first meeting with top executives from PepsiCo, W.K. Kellogg, General Mills and other large companies, Robert F. Kennedy ...
Senators Press Marty Makary on Abortion Pills and Vaccines
At a confirmation hearing for Dr. Marty Makary on Thursday, senators focused heavily on the safety of the abortion pill, ...
F.D.A. Nominee to Face Grilling Over Cutbacks and Policy Shifts
Dr. Marty Makary may face sharp questions from senators about whether he will defend the Food and Drug Administration against ...
He Fought Claims of Harm From Infant Formula. Now He Regulates It.
The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate ...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
A panel of scientific experts that advises the Food and Drug Administration on vaccine policy — and has been the ...
Abortion Pill Maker Enters Legal Fight Over F.D.A. Rules
The country’s largest manufacturer of abortion pills is wading into the first major legal battle over abortion of President Trump’s ...
F.D.A. Expands Access to Clozapine, a Key Treatment for Schizophrenia
The Food and Drug Administration has taken a crucial step toward expanding access to the antipsychotic medication clozapine, the only ...
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The Food and Drug Administration has reinstated dozens of specialized employees involved in food safety, review of medical devices and ...
Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety
In recent years, the Food and Drug Administration hired experts in surgical robots and pioneers in artificial intelligence. It scooped ...
FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns
Jim Jones, the director of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, resigned on Monday, citing what he called “indiscriminate” ...
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
The notices came all weekend, landing in the inboxes of federal scientists, doctors and public health professionals: Your work is ...
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