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Cigarettes are displayed on a store shelf in New York on Aug. 28, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FDA announces push to slash nicotine in cigarettes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, test cigarettes sit in a smoking machine in a lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a sweeping anti-smoking plan to drastically cut nicotine levels in cigarettes. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

FDA begins push to cut addictive nicotine in cigarettes

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

At least 27 states have reported salmonella cases involving kratom, an herbal powder that is popular as a stimulant and a sedative, usually consumed raw or in tea. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Kratom herb caught up in multi-state salmonella outbreak

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FDA clears DNA test to spot cancer genes, but with warnings

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 11, 2017, file photo, Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum has likely violated multiple House ethics rules by failing to disclose a new company that he founded, using an official photo on its website, and having an aide appear in a false testimonial for its services, a review by The Associated Press shows. Blum, a Republican facing a competitive race for re-election, is one of two directors of the Tin Moon Corporation, a digital marketing company incorporated in 2016 as Blum was in his first term, a business filing shows. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

APNewsBreak: Iowa congressman failed to disclose new company

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2017 photo, kratom capsules are displayed in Albany, N.Y. U.S. health authorities say kratom, a herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy, contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the center of a national drug abuse crisis. The Food and Drug Administration analysis, published Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, makes it more likely that kratom could be banned by the federal government. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Herbal supplement kratom contains opioids, regulators say

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 14, 2015 file photo shows the Food &amp; Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, the FDA is asking manufacturers of anti-diarrhea drugs to package their medications in smaller quantities, since recent statistics show a rise in abuse of massive doses to try and get high from a small amount of an opioid in the medication. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

US officials seek packaging fix for diarrhea-drug abuse

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

This undated image provided by Philip Morris in January 2018 shows the company's iQOS product. U.S. government experts have rejected a proposal from Philip Morris International to sell its &quot;heat-not-burn&quot; tobacco device as a lower-risk alternative to cigarettes that reduces disease. But the panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration endorsed a lesser claim that the product reduces exposure to harmful chemicals in cigarettes. The mixed review suggests Philip Morris will be able to market its device to U.S. smokers, but on limited terms. (Philip Morris via AP)

US panel rejects marketing plan for heated tobacco device

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

This undated image provided by Philip Morris in January 2018 shows the company's iQOS product. The device heats tobacco sticks but stops short of burning them, an approach that Philip Morris says reduces exposure to tar and other toxic byproducts of burning cigarettes. This is different from e-cigarettes, which don’t use tobacco at all but instead vaporize liquid usually containing nicotine. (Philip Morris via AP)

Heat-not-burn cigarette alternative faces US scrutiny

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

This undated image provided by Philip Morris in January 2018 shows the company's iQOS product. The device heats tobacco sticks but stops short of burning them, an approach that Philip Morris says reduces exposure to tar and other toxic byproducts of burning cigarettes. This is different from e-cigarettes, which don’t use tobacco at all but instead vaporize liquid usually containing nicotine. (Philip Morris via AP)

Anti-smoking plan may kill cigarettes—and save Big Tobacco

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Correction: Alternative Remedies-Oversight story

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

FILE - This June 16, 2009, file photo shows Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel in Boston. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, issued a new proposal for regulating homeopathic medicines that have long been on the fringe of mainstream medicine. The agency plans to target products that pose the biggest safety risks, including those marketed for children or for serious diseases. (AP Photo/Eric Shelton, File)

FDA proposes greater scrutiny of alternative remedies

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

US approves monthly injection for opioid addiction

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Stem cell clinics in Texas attract patients, scrutiny

By TODD ACKERMAN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017, file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb speaks during his confirmation hearing before a Senate committee, in Washington, as President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FDA pushes companies to develop opioids that resist abuse

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2014 file photo, a doctor injects a patient with a solution he says is rich in adult stem cells, at his practice in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration laid out a strategy for regulating cell-based medicine, amid an effort to police a burgeoning medical field that has received little oversight. (AP Photo/Raquel Maria Dillon)

US health agency to crack down on risky stem cell offerings

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 24, 2017 file photo, shows a KFC menu with calorie counts in New York. The Trump administration is moving ahead with a law from the Obama years that will require calorie counts to appear on foods served at restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores and pizza delivery chains nationwide. The FDA posted recommendations Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 to help businesses comply with the law. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Trump administration moves ahead with Obama menu-label law

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

This photo provided by AstraZeneca shows the company's drug Calquence. On Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved Calquence, a new treatment for people with a rare and deadly form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Peter Bostrom/AstraZeneca PLC via AP)

AstraZeneca wins US approval for lymphoma drug

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

FDA warns against eating too much black licorice this Halloween

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FILE - This Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, file photo shows the ingredients label for soy milk at a grocery store in New York. On Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it wants to remove a health claim about the heart benefits of soy from cartons of soy milk, tofu and other foods, saying the latest scientific evidence no longer shows a clear connection. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

FDA moves to ax claim for heart benefits from soy foods

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press