Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications
Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has asked federal health agencies to pause external ...
Food companies want to confuse consumers. The FDA must push back.
Food companies criticize the science supporting front-of-package labeling, delay public consultation periods, push for their ...
Largest-ever Ozempic and GLP-1 drug study finds they lower risk of 42 health conditions, including heart attacks and Alzheimer’s disease
The study included nearly 2 million patients, making it the largest ever conducted on this group of glucagon-like peptide-1 ...
Ozempic and Wegovy selected for next round of Medicare drug price negotiations
Ozempic and Wegovy, the blockbuster but costly GLP-1 drugs often used for weight loss, are among the 15 medications that will ...
Biden administration moves to limit nicotine in cigarettes and certain other tobacco products
The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing limits on the level of nicotine in cigarettes and some other types of ...
FDA bans red dye No. 3 from food and drinks in the US
Red dye No. 3 is found in at least dozens of candy, food and beverage products, but some of the most popular brands either ...
More than a dozen cats dead or sickened by bird flu in raw pet food, FDA says
More than a dozen cats have been killed or sickened by bird flu that is spreading in raw food products, the Food and Drug Administration says, prompting a federal probe into how the virus got into the ...
Yes, Trump rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid
The rescinded order directed Medicare and Medicaid to test ways to lower drug costs for enrollees. Those tests hadn’t started ...
How food brands and drugmakers are responding to FDA's ban of food dye Red 3
Companies say they are working to update their products to comply with the Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday to ban the artificial food dye Red 3, after the agency said it was revoking ...
F.D.A. Proposes New Food Labels to Detail Sugar, Fat and Salt Levels
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage products, a long-awaited move aimed at changing eating habits associated with ...
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FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 From Food, Beverages and Ingested Drugs, Citing Link to Cancer in Lab Rats
The synthetic additive found in thousands of food products will now be phased out by 2027, but advocates say the agency's ...
With bird flu cases rising, certain kinds of pet food may be risky for animals – and people
The US Food and Drug Administration said it is tracking multiple cases of H5N1 bird flu in domestic and wild cats, including ...