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In this photo taken Thursday, March 21, 2019, Gus Dabais looks over CBD products he sells at his Sidewalk Wellness store in San Francisco. CBD oil-infused food, drinks and dietary supplements are popular even though the U.S. government says they're illegal and some local authorities have forced retailers to pull products. The confusion has California, Texas and other states moving to legalize the cannabis compound that many see as beneficial to their health. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

States move to legalize CBD to end confusion over US rules

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 4, 2018, file photo, a worker adds CBD oil to a drink at a coffee shot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cannabidiol is one of more than 100 compounds found in marijuana. (Jennifer Lett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

CBD is getting buzz, but does it work? And is it legal?

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and CANDICE CHOI - Associated Press

This Dec. 11, 2006 file photo shows a silicone gel breast implant in Irving, Texas. The FDA on Thursday, May 2, 2019, decided to allow a particular breast implant linked to a rare form of cancer to stay on the market. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, File) **FILE**

FDA takes up decades-long debate over breast implant safety

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 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**

EDITORIAL: Scott Gottlieb’s resignation gives the FDA another opportunity to do the right thing

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Judge orders FDA to create graphic cigarette warnings

Associated Press

DNA Bullets Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

When it comes to gene therapy, political leaders and regulators must not let their guard down

By Bill Richardson

Senators ask FDA to update rules on certain pot products

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

E. coli outbreak still a concern for Yuma-area ag industry

Associated Press

Farm bill exempts pure maple, honey from added sugars label

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press

This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agencys campus in Silver Spring, Md. An AP analysis of FDA data shows that since 2012, tens of thousands of injury and death reports have been filed in connection with devices that were cleared through a streamlined pathway that minimizes clinical trial testing. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FDA permits ‘export only’ medical devices not for use in U.S.

By Andrew W. Lehren and Emily Siegel of NBC News - Associated Press

This Nov. 14, 2018 photo taken in Jackson, Miss., shows the Medtronic Paradigm REAL-Time Revel insulin pump of Polly Varnado's daughter. Medical device manufacturers and experts say insulin pumps are safe. But an AP investigation found that insulin pumps and their components are responsible for the highest number of malfunction, injury and death reports in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s medical device database. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Insulin pumps have most reported problems in FDA database

By HOLBROOK MOHR and MITCH WEISS - Associated Press

This Nov. 14, 2012 photo made available by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health in Silver Spring, Md. Under Shuren, new device approvals have more than tripled, while warnings to device manufacturers about product safety and quality have fallen roughly 80 percent , an Associated Press investigation found. (Michael J. Ermarth/FDA via AP)

FDA goal to be “first” on devices worries former regulators

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

In this June 22, 2016 photo made available by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, the FDA's Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, speaks at FDA's Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Medical Device Amendments. Under Shuren, new device approvals have more than tripled, while warnings to device manufacturers about product safety and quality have fallen roughly 80 percent, an Associated Press investigation found. (Michael J. Ermarth/FDA via AP)

At FDA, a new goal, then a push for speedy device reviews

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Jamee Cook poses for a photo at Rayburn House Office Building after meeting with congressional leaders on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Washington. Cook had breast implants that ruptured and which she believes caused her medical problems. She now is lobbying the FDA and congressional leaders to do a better job of tracking and regulating medical devices. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Breast implant injuries hidden as patients’ questions mount

By MEGHAN HOYER - Associated Press

Jamee Cook poses for a photo at Rayburn House Office Building after meeting with congressional leaders on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Washington. Cook had breast implants that ruptured and which she believes caused her medical problems. She now is lobbying the FDA and congressional leaders to do a better job of tracking and regulating medical devices. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Breast implants reveal problems in tracking device safety

By MEGHAN HOYER - Associated Press

Improving medical device tracking a slow, imperfect process

By MEGHAN HOYER - Associated Press

In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 photo, Jim Taft watches The History Channel from the confines of his bed at his home in West Columbia, S.C. Taft has experienced debilitating health issues after a neurosurgeon implanted Boston Scientific's Precision spinal cord stimulator in his back in 2014. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

Spinal-cord stimulators help some patients, injure others

By MITCH WEISS and HOLBROOK MOHR - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 photo, sales representatives for Medtronic and Boston Scientific work their booths at the NYC Neuromodulation Conference in New York. For years, medical device companies and doctors have touted spinal cord stimulators as a panacea for millions of patients suffering from a wide range of intractable pain disorders. But the devices, surgically placed inside the back, that use electrical currents to block pain signals before they reach the brain _ are more dangerous than many patients understand, according to an Associated Press investigation. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

How global journalists investigated medical device safety

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2018 file photo, newly transplanted cannabis cuttings grow in pots at Sira Naturals medical marijuana cultivation facility in Milford, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FDA commissioner predicts imminent new federal marijuana policy

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 photo shows part of an ingredient label, which lists &quot;artificial flavoring,&quot; on a packet of candy in New York. In November 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided to give companies two years to purge their products of the six ingredients, described only as “artificial flavors” on packages. The words “artificial flavor” or “natural flavor” refer to any of thousands of ingredients. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

No accounting for these tastes: Artificial flavors a mystery

By CANDICE CHOI - Associated Press