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FDA misses approval deadline for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine
The delayed decision comes amid a major organizational shakeup that included the departure of top vaccine official Peter ...
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FDA device office hit in HHS layoffs
Teams working on device communications and policy were cut from the agency on Tuesday, according to multiple FDA workers.
RFK Jr. purges CDC and FDA's public records teams, despite "transparency" promises
It is unclear what will happen to hundreds of pending requests for public information as the health agencies slash staff.
Judge foils FDA plan to regulate lab-developed tests
The FDA finalized a rule to oversee lab-developed tests as if they were medical devices, prompting lawsuits. Opponents said ...
Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap
Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention ...
F.D.A. Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
Widespread job cuts begin at health agencies
The layoffs are the latest indication of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s drastic effort to ...
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FDA approves first at-home, over-the-counter test for STIs. But there's a catch.
The FDA granted marketing authorization for ... “Home tests can give people information about their health from the privacy of their home. This can be particularly important for sexual health ...
Smoking was already becoming 'cool' again. Then, Trump ousted the FDA's tobacco chief.
Smoking already seemed to be making a comeback in pop culture. With the mass HHS layoffs, will tobacco's grip on young people ...
Inside Trump and RFK Jr.’s Health Agency ‘Bloodbath’
Current and former staffers say that after thousands of people were laid off, the future of agencies like the CDC and FDA are ...
Health Secretary RFK Jr. Promised Radical Transparency. Now He’s Closing FOIA Offices
FOIA staffers were among those fired by RFK Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services, reducing public transparency on ...