Anna Edney

A key lab that oversees US pharmaceutical safety is in limbo following moves by the Department of Government Efficiency, raising questions about the fate of the lab and the new administration’s approach to expensive but crucial research that aims to keep America’s product supply safe.

Acne treatments sold by Proactiv and Walgreens Boots Alliance are being recalled because they are contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called benzene, the US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s top lawyer resigned on Thursday, two days after her appointment was announced, the agency posted on the social media site X.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking on baby formula products, the latest in his sweeping review of ingredients used in the US food supply.

The FDA says the device, designed to repair broken blood vessels to stem bleeding, showed a “clinically meaningful benefit.”

US Food and Drug Administration researchers working on ways to make powdered infant formula safer were told earlier this month they’d be let go, just weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to make the newborn staple healthier.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s top inspection official asked colleagues to persevere in a resignation letter Monday, amid efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to squeeze more work out of the agency as it cuts staff.

A widely available drug for urinary tract infections has never been formally approved by the US government. It’s not the only one.

Phenazopyridine is not approved by the FDA despite being widely available in the US over the counter.

Hi, it’s Anna in Virginia. Bloomberg just published an investigation I did on a drug you can easily buy in most stores like Walmart and Target that isn’t FDA approved. But before I tell you more ...