FDA, Disabled and White House

Exclusive-FDA Staffers Told That 'Woman,' 'Disabled' Among Banned Words; White House Says It’s an Error
The White House spokesman said more than 1,000 workers at the FDA have been dismissed across divisions, out of a total workforce of nearly 20,000. The firings are part of mass layoffs across federal agencies by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.
White House disputes FDA prohibited words list including ‘women’ and ‘disabled’
Food and Drug Administration staffers were told not to use words like “woman” and “disabled” in work chats for at least the last week, but the White House said this order was erroneous. A White House spokesperson told Reuters that the list of “prohibited words” came from a misunderstanding of President Donald Trump’s executive orders
FDA Scientists Say They Were Told to Stop Using the Words ‘Woman’ and ‘Disabled’
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration say they were told to stop using certain words in external communications, including “woman,” “disabled,” and “elderly,” according to a report. Two FDA scientists told Reuters that a file titled “Prohibited Words” showing a list of banned terms was circulated at the agency over the last week.
FDA scientists told not to use words 'women', 'disabled', 'elderly'; White House calls it an 'error'
Some of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists have been told to stop using the words "woman", "disabled", and "elderly" in external communications, Reuters reported citing two sources familiar with the matter.
DOGE reportedly fired the FDA employees who were reviewing clinical trials for Elon Musk’s Neuralink
The FDA approved human clinical trials for Neuralink’s brain implants in May 2023.
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Advamed CEO warns FDA job cuts put patients, industry at risk
Scott Whitaker sent a letter to HHS calling for staff cuts at the FDA to be reversed, arguing patient care and U.S.
Food Head at FDA Resigns, Citing Numerous Job Cuts
Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration who oversaw the agency’s banning of the food ...
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Tumult in FDA’s medical device center; one CEO speaks out on NIH cuts
The cuts hit the FDA’s medical device center particularly hard, impacting product reviewers and researchers of AI-enabled ...
Trump’s firings strike the nation’s health agencies
Many of those terminated worked on issues critical to consumers, from improving health care to regulating food packaging to ...
Exclusive: FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend ...
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FDA’s ‘Drug Safety Priorities’ Working Group Politicized Under Biden Administration
America’s FDA leadership has been making decisions based on ideology, not drug safety. It's time for a change of priorities.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this ...
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Center for Clinical Research Grows Under Peters' Leadership
The ClinicalTrials.Gov Support Team expanded outreach efforts to study teams and launched a series of how-to videos to answer frequently asked questions. Northwestern Medicine’s Clinical Research Unit ...
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Along with the FDA ban, Delaware legislators seek to ban use of Red No. 3 in the state
Delaware legislators joined the Food and Drug Administration’s recent ban on Red No. 3 by introducing a bill in the First State this month with the same goal. Here’s what we know so far.
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‘No Job Security’ at FDA as Trump Team Seeks to Dismantle Workforce: Updated
The hammer came down on an unspecified number of FDA employees this weekend, days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed ...