May 05 FDA bans e-cigarette sales to minors in sweeping new regulations By David Nather, Dylan Scott, STAT WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration issued a sweeping set of tobacco rules Thursday that would regulate electronic cigarettes, cigars and other products for the first time, despite resistance from industry groups that say the new rules would be… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 4:40 Health advocates score a major victory with folic acid By PBS News Hour The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it would allow folic acid to be added to corn flour in order to prevent certain types of birth defects. The decision was a major victory for health advocates around the nation,… Continue watching
Apr 01 FDA proposes limit for arsenic in baby rice cereal By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday urged the food industry to reduce the already tiny amount of arsenic found in baby rice cereals. Continue reading
Mar 11 Florida may use GMO mosquitos to fight Zika. Here’s what you should know By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press MIAMI — The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm's proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to stop transmission of the disease. Continue reading
Nov 19 FDA OKs genetically modified salmon for human consumption By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal for human consumption in the United States. Continue reading
Nov 17 Charges brought against makers of dietary supplement linked to liver damage By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A Dallas company that had been ordered to recall a dietary supplement pill because of links to liver damage has been indicted along with several of its executives on charges that they intentionally misbranded their products and deceived… Continue reading
Nov 13 Goal of new produce safety rules: prevent illness outbreaks By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Obama administration wants you to eat your fruits and vegetables. They also want the produce to be safe. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 7:08 Is profit or innovation driving the rising costs of drugs? By PBS News Hour Turing Pharmaceuticals sparked outcry when it raised the price of a single pill from $13 to $750. Judy Woodruff discusses the rising costs of prescriptions drugs with Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr. Thomas Stossel… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 1:59 Promising to stoke female desire, new drug Addyi will come with serious warning By PBS News Hour Like that popular blue pill Viagra, this new pink pill aims to treat sexual dysfunction. But unlike Viagra and Cialis, the newly FDA-approved Addyi aims to treat women who aren't interested in sex by gradually adjusting brain chemistry. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 3:18 To stem addiction, recreational drug users tapped for clinical abuse trials By PBS News Hour Major pharmaceutical companies are reportedly recruiting thousands of recreational drug users to test a new generation of medicines that deter addiction, which could have a significant impact in the fight against prescription drug addiction. Financial Times reporter David Crow joins… Continue watching