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 ...
We Tested 41 Baby Formulas for Lead and Arsenic
CR tested over 40 baby formulas for heavy metals as well as lead, arsenic, BPA, and other potentially harmful contaminants.