Food and Drug Administration

Using Young People's Blood to Prevent Aging Has No Proven Clinical Benefits, FDA Warns

By Anna Edney / Bloomberg

The 'Right-To-Try' Bill Has Passed Congress. Here's Why Doctors Are Concerned

By Alexandra Sifferlin

FDA Approves a New Way For Scientists to Use Gene Therapy

By Alice Park

A New Digital Pill Can Tell Your Doctor If You Swallow It

By Amanda MacMillan
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FDA Moves to Revoke Claim About Soy and Heart Health

United States officials announced on Monday that they are moving to revoke a health claim that soy protein can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.In a statement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

The FDA Just Approved a New Way of Fighting Cancer Using Personalized Gene Therapy

The FDA approved the second CAR T cell-based treatment for cancer, which co-opts the immune system to fight the disease

By Alice Park

The FDA Wants Cigarettes to Have Less Nicotine

“Unless we change course, 5.6 million young people alive today will die prematurely later in life from tobacco use"

By Maya Rhodan

FDA Approves Large-Scale Trial of Prescription Ecstasy

The Phase 3 trial is last step on the way to approval as a prescription drug

By Suyin Haynes

Gay Men Permitted to Give Blood ... Eventually

The FDA lifted a ban on gay men donating blood .... after a year's abstinence

By Maya Rhodan

'Just Mayo' Can Keep Its Name, Company Says

Hampton Creek was fighting to call its vegan egg-less product 'Just Mayo'

By Beth Kowitt / Fortune

Obama FDA Nominee Will Oversee Former Clients

Updated 11/21/15 6:45 p.m.President Obama’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration temporarily recused himself from overseeing several large pharmaceutical companies due to potential conflict of interests in order to comply with federal ethics...

By Massimo Calabresi

FDA to Review Essure Contraceptive Device

Thousands of women have reported harmful side effects

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

Denmark Shows Why Trans Fat Bans Work

Deaths from cardiovascular disease plummeted.

By Tanya Basu

Restaurants Get an Extra Year to Put Calories On Menus

The new deadline is Dec. 1, 2016

By Benjamin Snyder/Fortune

The Secret Group That Decides 'Natural' Flavors

Ingredients created by food companies flavor what Americans eat each day—everything from juice drinks and potato chips to ice cream and canned soups. They give Cheetos their addictive cheesy taste and help distinguish Jolly Ranchers...

By Erin Quinn and Chris Young / Center for Public Integrity

Candidate to Lead FDA Has Close Ties to Big Pharma

Duke's Dr. Robert Califf sees closer collaboration between government and industry

By Massimo Calabresi

Elizabeth Warren Goes to Bat for Medical Device Industry

The populist Senator backs regulatory changes, tax credits and more government funding for home state heavyweights.

By Massimo Calabresi

FDA Approves New Pain Pill Designed To Be Hard to Abuse

The FDA has been under growing pressure to fight the national epidemic of prescription opioid abuse

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China's Food Safety Goes Deeper than Dog Chow

Pet food retailers in the U.S. are pulling Chinese-made dog and cat treats from their shelves out of contamination fears

By Bryan Walsh

Study: Children Given Codeine in ER Despite Risks

Too many kids are getting codeine in emergency rooms, say the authors of a new study, which estimates that at least half-a-million children receive prescriptions each year

By Nolan Feeney
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