New guidelines for lead in baby food set low standards, but not enforceable
After repeated calls for action, the FDA has set a guideline for lead in baby food -- but it is not the end of the fight for safer food.
Trump administration pauses communication from CDC, other health agencies
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take ...
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FDA approves new, non-opioid painkiller Journavx
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Journavx, a non-opioid painkiller that is the first novel pain drug to win government authorization in more than 20 years. Vertex ...
As Trump and RFK Jr. move to upend drug making, Seattle biotech bets on science
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may soon be America's top pharmaceutical regulator. That is cause for concern in Seattle’s biotech ...
FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Journavx for short-term pain that often ...
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Do food warning labels actually work? Answering your questions.
Readers had a lot to say about my latest column on the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed front-of-package labels. Most were in favor of the change and agreed that, if finalized ...
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Top anti-abortion lawyer talks strategy for new Trump administration
The new Trump administration could put a stop to pending litigation on the abortion pill mifepristone and other federal ...
Trump administration paused updates from CDC, FDA. You can use these WA resources instead
Federal health agencies were ordered to pause all communications this week, but these Washington health organizations are ...
Popular chip brand recalled at highest risk level in Oregon, Washington
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increased a major recall on Lay’s potato chips sold in stores across Oregon and ...
Trump Administration Orders a Temporary Freeze on Food and Health Agency Communications
Dr. Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, has ...
FDA elevates Lay's potato chip recall in Oregon, Washington to highest risk level
Class I, according to the FDA, means exposure to or consumption of the product could cause "serious adverse health ...
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Trump order signals shake-up in drug pricing innovation through Medicare and Medicaid
and accelerate the Food and Drug Administration approval process for drugs designed to address unmet medical needs. An HHS official told the Washington Examiner after publication that Trump’s ...