CDC, NIH and more health agencies brace for layoffs with DOGE and RFK Jr.'s restructuring. Here's what we know.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr., with help from DOGE, is planning a restructuring with sweeping cuts expected at multiple agencies.
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Chutes & Ladders—Former FDA deputy joins AI biotech's board
About three months after leaving her post as the FDA’s principal deputy commissioner, Namandjé Bumpus, Ph.D., has found a new ...
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While Still High, US Drug Overdose Deaths Are Falling, Early Data Show
The Wall Street Journal charts a year-by-year look at overdose deaths and areas of the country hit the hardest. Also: The Trump administration has extended the opioid emergency declaration; U.S.
Facts, not fear: Inside Mexico’s pioneering drug harm reduction programs
The programs aim to address drug use from a public health and social justice perspective, rather than a security one.
FDA launches effort to review infant formulas
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new initiative Tuesday titled “Operation Stork Speed” aimed at reviewing ...
FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs
Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped ...
The FDA’s Return-to-Office Moment Was More ‘Hunger Games’ Than DOGE Efficiency
Amid job-slashing edicts and back-to-your-desks orders, these federal workers found a headquarters building that wasn’t ready ...
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Makary tells Senate panel he plans to review FDA job cuts
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration vowed Thursday ... made the same recommendation as the World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Program.
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FDA allowed to help WHO update flu shots, despite Trump ban
He covers federal public health agencies. The Food and Drug Administration was allowed to participate in the World Health Organization's meeting this week on updating influenza shots, officials ...
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To fight for those with rare diseases, Trump must reform and modernize the FDA thoughtfully
Crowley is the president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO ... and streamlining the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process for rare disease therapies could ...
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U.S. health agencies participated in WHO flu meeting despite planned exit
Feb 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration took part in a World Health Organization meeting to discuss flu vaccine composition ...