Pfizer hires ex-FDA drug chief as top doctor
The former head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug division is joining Pfizer as its chief medical officer, the ...
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Rare disease meeting gets pushed off by HHS
As hundreds of researchers, patient advocates and policymakers gather in Washington, D.C., this week for an advocacy fly-in ...
EXCLUSIVE: Virax Biolabs Says Its Tech Fits RFK Jr.'s HHS Goals On Vaccine Transparency
Virax Biolabs Group Limited (NASDAQ:VRAX) said it supports the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ focus on vaccine efficacy transparency, emphasizing the need for accessible information to ...
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices ...
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In letter to RFK Jr., Democrats flag threats to drug review process from FDA firings
HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been on the receiving end of two heated letters from lawmakers outlining the threats ...
Supreme Court schedules arguments in case where Trump administration is defending ACA
The Supreme Court on Monday scheduled arguments for April 21 in a case that could decide the legality of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that insurers cover certain preventive ...
FDA delays when a final rule on what foods can be labeled as ‘healthy’ goes into effect
The US Food and Drug Administration’s new standards for foods before they can be labeled as “healthy” on their packaging will ...
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“Digital genocide”: BMJ post alleges patient data deletion amid DEI purge
In an anonymous post in the BMJ, the author claims that words relating to DEI could lead to grants being taken away.
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had some harsh words for the way DOGE was operating, calling the email sent to federal workers ...
FDA moves to rehire medical device staffers fired only days earlier, AP says
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news ...
US health agencies delay decision on definition of 'healthy' on food labels
U.S. health agencies will delay by more than two months a decision on updating the definition of the nutrient content claim ...
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Editorial Roundup: United States
But the laws and the Constitution of the United States were crafted to prohibit Napoleon’s form of authoritarian leadership. A key principle is that we are a government of the people with three ...