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As Trump Administration Probes Long-Approved Medications, Could FDA Revoke Approvals?
A new federal commission will ‘investigate’ decades-old mental health as well as weight loss drugs, prompting concerns from ...
FDA nominee sidesteps questions on abortion pill, agency layoffs and other issues
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration largely sidestepped questions Thursday from senators ...
Medscape3d
Speeding Up Subtyping May Catch More Bird Flu
In response to this season’s high flu activity and the ongoing avian flu outbreaks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised clinicians and laboratories to conduct subtype ...
FDA chief nominee says action to ensure safe school lunches is on his agenda
Dr. Marty Makary is a renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon and President Donald Trump's pick to head the Food and Drug ...
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RFK Jr. seeks to eliminate FDA’s GRAS 'loophole' to improve food ingredient safety
The Health and Human Services secretary is pushing to change a program that allows companies to add untested ingredients to food.
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Union nurses joining “Save Our Health Care” march in Washington, D.C.
Nurses from National Nurses United (NNU) will be joining Mobilize to Save Our Health Care, a march in Washington, D.C., on ...
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FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely a week after mass ... Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices, food ingredients and other key areas received calls and emails notifying them ...
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Martin Makary on path to FDA confirmation despite mifepristone questions
2025 in Washington, DC. Credit: Getty Images / Kayla Bartkowski The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) convened for the second time this week to consider a pending ...
Minister says Labour ‘won’t take a chainsaw to the civil service’ amid cuts backlash
The man described as ‘Keir Starmer’s unofficial deputy prime minister’ insists he has not set targets in slashing the number ...
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Trump administration cuts hit FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The FDA is headquartered in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington and employs nearly 20,000 people. It’s long been a target of newly sworn-in health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who last year ...