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FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off federal employees who handled travel ...
RFK Jr. says FDA has become a ‘sock puppet’ in meeting with staff
Kennedy Jr. said Friday, telling workers at the beleaguered agency that those industries have exerted too much influence on regulatory decisions for too long. In a roughly 27-minute speech, Kennedy ...
Millions in the U.S. take this drug. Tariffs might complicate their care.
Heparin is cheap and essential to millions of hospitalized people. Tariffs could disrupt the supply chain that gets ingredients from China to their beds.
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, ...
RFK Jr. Says We'll Soon Know What's Fueling The Autism Epidemic — And His Prediction Is Absolutely Wild
The health secretary cited his launch of a large federal study, which is reportedly being headed by a fellow vaccine skeptic, ...
US EPA tracking card swipes and laptop logins to check staff office return, memo shows
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will track employee badge swipes, laptop logins and other data to determine if staff ...
Reps. Pressley, Brown push FDA to finalize a bill to ban harmful chemical in hair relaxers
U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, and Nydia Velásquez, D-N.Y., are urging the Food and Drug ...
Trump administration fires senior Navy female officer at NATO. She appeared on a ‘woke’ list
U.S. officials say Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO’s military committee, was fired over the weekend ...
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RFK Jr. Forces Out Top Vaccine Regulator After Fight Over Data
In his statement, Kennedy said HHS is partnering with Texas health officials to better “control the measles outbreak,” as ...
Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.
Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks discussed his efforts to 'make nice' with Kennedy and ...
Gen Z's career apocalypse
Between tech layoffs and DOGE cuts, college students are running out of job prospects — and it could haunt them for years to ...
Hope, caution for Washington state patients 'first in line' for new schizophrenia drug
Cobenfy was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in fall 2024 and represents the first novel approach in decades to ...