RFK Jr.’s Purge of FOIA Staff at FDA Spares People Working on Covid Vaccine Lawsuits
A purge of FDA staff spared some people tasked with responding to a judge’s orders to disclose government records on...
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Peanut Recall Sparks Warning to Customers
Cans of honey roasted peanuts are being pulled from Heinen's Grocery Stores, affecting two states, the FDA says.Read More
After April Fools’ Day purge, U.S. health agencies spiral into chaos
“Outrageous” cuts claim leaders of five NIH institutes, as well as offices throughout FDA and CDC...Read More
Ousted FDA vaccine chief says U.S. measles elimination status under threat as cases climb
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “tepid endorsement” of measles vaccination puts the U.S. at risk of losing its elimination...
New Advisor to FDA Chief Pushed Back on COVID Policies
MedPage Today) -- Tracy Beth Høeg, MD, PhD, who was named a special assistant to new FDA Commissioner Marty Makary,...
Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records
The Department of Health and Human Services’ mass firings included people who fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for the...
FDA Approves First and Only Therapy for IgG4-RD
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the B-cell depleting agent inebilizumab-cdon (Uplizna, Amgen) for the treatment of...
CDC Firings ‘Not a Joke’; Former FDA Head Sounds the Alarm; Resident’s Paycheck
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: American Health Gets a Pink Slip
The Department of Health and Human Services underwent an unprecedented purge this week, as thousands of employees from the National...
IgA Nephropathy Drug With Novel Mechanism Wins FDA Approval
MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to atrasentan (Vanrafia) for the reduction of proteinuria in adults with primary...
Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over sweet-flavored vaping products
The Supreme Court has ruled for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products following a...
Trump administration cuts FDA staff handling bird flu outbreaks
Federal regulators were responsible for recalling pet food contaminated with bird flu, which killed household cats.Read More
Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut – NBC News
Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut NBC NewsDallas County cancels 5src community vaccination...
‘FDA as we’ve known it is finished’: Former commissioner
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf said the federal agency that he’s known for years “is finished”...
FDA’s top tobacco official removed from post in latest blow to agency’s leadership
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been forced out...Read More
Moderna and Novavax shares plunge after key FDA official steps down, citing discord with RFK Jr. who he says ‘wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies’
Massive cuts to personnel and funding within the Department of Health and Human Services presents a headache for vaccine approval...
Top Vaccine Official Resigns From FDA
MedPage Today) -- The top vaccine official with the FDA has resigned and criticized the nation's top health official for...
Top Vaccine Official Resigns From FDA, Criticizes RFK Jr. for Promoting ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks sent a letter saying that he would resign and retire as director of the Center for Biologics...
The FDA’s top vaccine official resigns, pointing to Kennedy’s ‘misinformation and lies’
The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator has been pushed out of the agency, in what could be a...
FDA recalls thousands of pounds of ground coffee mislabelled as decaffeinated
The Food and Drug Administration recalled thousands of pounds of ground coffee across 15 states in the U.S. on Tuesday...
