The move comes after hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses more than doubled last year in the US.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's chief counsel, Hilary Perkins, has resigned, the federal agency said in a post on ...

Just two days after starting at the FDA, the agency’s Chief Counsel Hilary Perkins is signing off, effective immediately. | ...

Marty Makary is one step closer to becoming the head of the Food and Drug Administration. On March 13, the Senate Health, ...

Weldon was told Wednesday night that his nomination was being withdrawn, another Trump administration official said. The ...

Dr. Dave Weldon was to have appeared on Thursday in a confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee. He has close ...

The White House March 13 withdrew the nomination of former Republican congressman Dave Weldon for director of the Centers for ...

Drs. Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary progressed along partisan lines to a full Senate vote on their confirmations for NIH and FDA, respectively.

The White House has withdrawn its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease ...

Jay Bhattacharya, nominee for National Institutes of Health director, and FDA pick Marty Makary clear key Senate committee.

Should Marty Makary take the reins at the FDA, transitioning from gadfly to the head of an agency that regulates a fifth of ...

If confirmed, Makary would run one of the nation's leading health agencies, overseeing the regulation of food and drugs.