Topic - Fda

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), and veterinary products. - Source: Wikipedia

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Supreme Court dismisses challenge to abortion pill, says pro-life doctors lack standing

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Mail-order abortion scheme prioritizes politics, not health care

By Emily Erin Davis – Special to Higher Ground

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in a few states. CVS Health will start filling prescriptions for the medication in Rhode Island and neighboring Massachusetts “in the weeks ahead,” spokeswoman Amy Thibault said Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

New fight for life: Chemical abortion access threatens vulnerable women

By S. Ernie Walton – Special to Higher Ground

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U.S. seizes more illegal e-cigarettes, but new ones are launching

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center, March 15, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. White House officials warned on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, that access to nearly any medication is in jeopardy after a federal judge ordered that mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortions, be pulled off the market, and they said they're consulting with lawmakers, doctors and pharmacies to fight the ruling. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen on Feb. 21, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Monday, April 3, declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing, over a dissent from the three liberal justices. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Abortion issue returns to Supreme Court as DOJ fights ruling on FDA’s pill approval

By Alex Swoyer and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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FDA should approve more therapeutics to prevent COVID-19 deaths

By Dr. Erik R. Swenson

A Juul electronic cigarette sign hangs in the front window of a bodega convenience store in New York City on June 25, 2022. In a deal announced Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Juul settlement will cost e-cigarette producer nearly $440 million, ban youth marketing

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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The FDA’s mass murder of more than half a million Americans

By Peter Navarro and Dr. Steven Hatfill

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FDA still skeptical of ALS drug ahead of high-stakes meeting

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

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By Dr. Jasjit Ahluwalia

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FDA’s war on nicotine puts ideology over science

By Tim Andrews

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Operation Fly Formula flops as White House intervention fails to fill store shelves

By Susan Ferrechio and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Responsibility for health and medical device cybersecurity must be shared

By Peter J. Pitts

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How FDA’s Mitch Zeller blew it on nicotine policy

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