Rachel Roubein

The agency concluded ingestible fluoride should be limited to children aged three years and older who are at high risk for tooth decay.

Alarmed by the first MAHA commission report, the agriculture industry mobilized to shape the next installment. Those efforts seemingly paid off.

This report, largely in line with a draft document that leaked last month, is unlikely to draw condemnation from powerful food and agricultural industries.

Paul Offit, a pediatrician and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, can no longer participate in the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.

The FDA narrowed approval for updated coronavirus shots. Some experts say the change is sparking confusion about who can get shots and if they’ll be free.

A leaked draft of the “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy” avoids a crackdown the food and agriculture industries had feared.

Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s top vaccine and gene therapy regulator, was the target of a right-wing pressure campaign over his handling of drug approvals and past support for Democrats.

Roughly 55 percent of the average daily caloric intake comes from ultra-processed foods, which HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to crack down on.

A proposed tweak affecting sugar levels for pasteurized orange juice responds to industry concerns about Florida’s changing crop and raises broader questions about whether the drink is healthy.

As Coca-Cola confirms plans to release the cane sugar alternative in the U.S., some nutritionists said there is little health benefit as a replacement for high-fructose corn syrup.