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Decades-old question: Is antibacterial soap safe?
It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen ...
Obama OK with morning-after pill sales at age 15
President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill ...
Obama "comfortable" with FDA approach on Plan B
President Barack Obama says he's comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone ...
Fearing abuse, FDA blocks generic OxyContin
Federal health regulators will require generic versions of the best-selling painkiller OxyContin to include recent formulation changes designed to ...
Report finds lax oversight of specialty pharmacies
Congressional investigators say pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise to oversee specialty pharmacies like the ...
FDA reviewing heart risks of Glaxo diabetes pill
The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting in June to reassess the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's former blockbuster drug Avandia, which was ...
FDA finds safety issues at specialty pharmacies
The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a ...
Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking fresh look
The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide ...
Trial begins over baby food lead warning
An expert witness testified Monday that average lead levels in baby foods fall below the threshold for warning labels mandated under a California ...
Judge making morning-after pill available to all
The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year ...
FDA says longer use of nicotine gum is OK
The Food and Drug Administration says smokers who are trying to quit can safely use over-the counter nicotine gum, patches and lozenges for longer ...
APNewsBreak: US to revise cigarette warning labels
The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the ...
FDA probes new pancreas risks with diabetes drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is looking into new evidence that suggests a group of recently approved diabetes drugs can increase the risk of ...
Brominated vegetable oil in Gatorade?
When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came ...
Hard to find good info on drug safety in pregnancy
Nearly every woman takes a medication at some point during pregnancy. Yet there's disturbingly little easy-to-understand information about which drugs ...
FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue
Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. Writing a new ...
US probes Sanofi over blockbuster drug Plavix
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating drug maker Sanofi's disclosures to the Food and Drug Administration about different responses to its ...
How budget cuts could affect you
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the ...
FDA Commissioner: budget cuts mean less safe food
Fewer food safety inspections and an increased risk to consumers will result from the lack of a new 2013 budget from Congress and the upcoming ...
FDA halts Amgen study after teen patient death
Federal health regulators have halted Amgen's studies of its drug Sensipar after the death of a 14-year-old patient in a company trial. The Food and ...
FDA names new head of tobacco products center
A Food and Drug Administration veteran who helped spearhead efforts to regulate the tobacco industry in the 1990s is taking over the agency's Center ...
Feds indict 4 in peanut butter salmonella outbreak
Four former peanut company employees have been charged with scheming to manufacture and ship salmonella-tainted peanuts that killed nine, sickened ...
White House warns of food safety cuts
Impending across-the-board budget cuts could mean fewer government food safety inspections and higher prices for meat at the grocery store. A White ...
Novo Nordisk US shares skid on drug review setback
Shares of Novo Nordisk tumbled Monday after the Danish drugmaker said U.S. regulators need a new study before they can finish their review of two ...