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FDA’s nutrition goals similar to Kennedy’s, experts say - Roll Call

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has gone so far as to suggest that the Food and Drug Administration should eliminate its nutrition operations.

Roll Call

FDA Commissioner Urges Strong Belief In Evidence For Successor

Dr. Robert Califf emphasizes evidence-based public health decision making amidst concerns about political influence and potential changes under the new adm...

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Outgoing FDA head warns of sweeping policy changes in second Trump term

Robert Califf says Trump and RFK Jr could bring disruption and uncertainty to Food and Drug Administration

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Trump picks Project 2025 co-author to lead FCC as treasury secretary candidates to visit Mar-a-Lago: Live

President-elect chooses Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr to lead body charged with regulating US media

The Independent UK

McDonald's and Boar's Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safe

Deadly food poisoning outbreaks tied to McDonald's and Boar's Head may have left Americans wondering whether there are new risks in the U.S. food supply

The Independent UK

Nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants are overdue for FDA inspections after COVID delays, AP finds

U.S. health inspectors are still struggling to address a massive backlog of pharmaceutical plants that went uninspected during disruptions caused by COVID-19

The Independent UK

The FDA chief is right: we are failing people with diabetes

The $400bn in diabetes-related annual expenditures is breaking the back of our healthcare system. But there is an alternative

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Coach's death due to chemo drug shortage

"There's not enough profit" for drug-makers in life-saving cancer meds, and the FDA can't force them

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Decades of dallying led to current delay on menthol ban - Roll Call

The proposed ban has divided the Black community, with a ban would bring about unnecessary policing of an illicit market.

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FDA wants to regulate thousands of lab tests that have long skirted oversight

The Food and Drug Administration says it plans to begin regulating laboratory-based medical tests

The Independent UK

A sesame allergy law has made it harder to avoid the seed. Here's why

Sesame is now the 9th official allergen. The FDA designation was supposed to protect people with sesame allergies. Instead, it's become harder to avoid, as more bakers add sesame to their products.

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FDA taps new Human Foods Program head after baby formula crisis - Roll Call

James “Jim" Jones will start at the new Human Foods Program Sept. 24. The program will oversee food safety, chemical safety and nutrition.

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Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says

A tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant has damaged its drug storage facility but not its medicine production areas

The Independent UK

FDA head's misinformation battle fizzles

The FDA Commissioner has called misinformation one of the deadliest killers in the United States — can we fight it?

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Supreme Court delays decision in abortion drug case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave itself more time on a decision expected Wednesday about a commonly used abortion drug, extending until Friday a temporary pause on a lower court ruling that would restrict availability of mifepristone.

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Supreme Court delays decision in abortion drug case - Roll Call

The Supreme Court extended until Friday a temporary pause on a lower court ruling that would restrict availability of mifepristone.

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FDA Head Wants 'Better Regulation' of What Government Considers Misinformation

Officials who often get it wrong can’t be trusted to reliably decree what’s true.

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Diabetics’ weight loss drug Ozempic draws demand, and questions

Interest has exploded in a weight loss drug that was initially developed to help diabetics control their blood sugar.

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Faye Flam: Political polarization fuels medical misinformation

FDA commissioner Robert Califf said in an interview that aired this week that misinformation is killing Americans — contributing to the fact that our life expectancy is 3 to 5 years worse than that of people in comparably wealthy countries. He called for better regulation to crack down on misinformation.…

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Big tobacco targets Black smokers with menthol but FDA plans a ban

ATLANTA — The Food and Drug Administration has taken up the regulation of tobacco products as a key issue to focus on in 2023, particularly prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars and cigarillos.

The Independent UK

FDA forces unproven premature birth drug Makena off market

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births off the market

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FDA plans oversight changes after critical tobacco report

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a series of actions meant to improve its oversight of tobacco and nicotine products, most notably e-cigarettes.

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FDA plans oversight changes after critical tobacco report - Roll Call

The FDA announced a series of actions meant to improve its oversight of tobacco and nicotine products, most notably e-cigarettes.

The Independent UK

FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at a new health hazard: online misinformation

Tribune News Service

Memes, tweets, snark are the FDA’s new public health weapons

When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a National Football League game in January, dozens of Twitter trolls quickly blamed it on COVID-19 shots.

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