FDA’s new vaping policy blindsided regulators, staffers say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco center were blindsided by a recent…
Acting CDC director delayed release of study showing benefit of Covid vaccines
Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in…
CDC pauses diagnostic testing for rabies and monkeypox
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and…
Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the…
FDA commissioner’s drug review plan sparks alarm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored…
Takeaways on turmoil surrounding FDA fast-track drug program
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to slash drug review times at the Food and Drug Administration is sparking…
US health policy dramatically reshaped under RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the whirlwind first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, some of the most…
Trump admin awards hepatitis B vaccine contract to Europeans working in Guinea-Bissau
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university…
Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings
NEW YORK – Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were…
Federal health workers targeted in weekend firings
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness…
Judge blocks Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding…