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FDA Weighs Oversight Changes After Formula, Juul Troubles

The head of the Food and Drug Administration has asked for a review of the...

Over-The-Counter Birth Control? Drugmaker Seeks FDA Approval

For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth...

US to Diversify Infant Formula Industry to Avoid Shortages

The Biden administration is trying to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the...

FDA Temporarily Suspends Order Banning Juul Cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration issued an administrative stay on the order it issued last...

FDA Bans Juul E-Cigarettes Tied to Teen Vaping Surge

Federal health officials ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market, the...

Melatonin Poisoning Reports Are Up in Kids, Study Says

In 2021, U.S. poison control centers received more than 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome...

FDA Chief Struggles to Explain Slow Response on Baby Formula

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf laid out a series of setbacks in congressional testimony that slowed...

FDA to Issue Plan Banning Menthol in Cigarettes, Cigars

The U.S. government will lay out its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored...

Merck Asks US FDA to Authorize Promising Anti-COVID Pill

If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration — a decision that could come in...

FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Widespread Pfizer Booster Shots

The surprising vote by the committee of outside experts assembled by the Food and Drug...

FDA Food Sampling Finds Contamination by ‘Forever Chemicals’

A federal toxicology review concluded PFAS are more dangerous than previously thought.

FDA Allows Treatment of Depression with Club Drug’s Cousin

In the 1990s, the medication was adopted as a party drug by the underground rave...