Margaret Hamburg

Margaret Hamburg

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  FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods

  For people seeking an energy boost, companies are increasing their offerings of foods with added caffeine. A new caffeinated gum may have gone too far 

• 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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

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  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 ... 

• 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 ... 

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  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 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 ... 

• Report: Tracking system needed to fight fake drugs

  Fighting the problem of fake drugs will require creating a national drug-tracking system, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. The call for ... 

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  Flu season 'bad one for the elderly,' CDC says

  The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines ... 

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  FDA: New rules will make food safer

  The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease ...