Why Is Sesame Suddenly in Everything?
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The agency is determined to ban the flavors that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer. For the children.
With the FORMULA Act soon to expire, the U.S. baby formula market is about to return to the conditions that left it so vulnerable to a shortage in the first place.
Naloxone could be available without a prescription by spring.
You can’t turn lives and economies off and on without inflicting lingering harm.
While Biden issued pardons and ordered a review of marijuana's Schedule I status, he still supports the federal ban on weed.
Men in monogamous relationships may get clearance to give.
Regulators are beginning to smile on the sci-fi project of creating real meat products without the typical death and environmental destruction.
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By making e-cigarettes less appealing, it will discourage smokers from switching to a much less hazardous nicotine habit.
The FDA delayed the delivery of 1 million vaccine doses, and many high-risk Americans were turned away from health clinics that had run out of vaccines.
Despite experts recommending that birth control be sold over the counter, the U.S. still treats the pill like it's 1960.
Limiting the supply of a controlled substance does not remove demand. Users simply look elsewhere, including more unsavory sources.
Cannabis has long been classified as having "high potential for abuse" and "no currently accepted medical use." That makes it harder to study and, therefore, harder to reclassify.
The FDA's nicotine restrictions will push consumers toward black-market suppliers, who are completely unconstrained by the FDA’s regulations.
Don’t expect a change in course, despite the long-awaited admission.
But does everyone really need to get boosted?
The "epidemic" of adolescent vaping seems to be fading fast, and vaping is replacing smoking among adults, a harm-reducing trend that regulators seem determined to discourage.
The likelihood that the Supreme Court considers the FDA's treatment of vaping products is increasing.
It’s a small step toward breaking down barriers between patients and innovative medicine.
After 18 months of dealing with the FDA, some distillers are regretting making hand sanitizers at all.
Formerly ubiquitous tobacco vending machine sales are now banned under a 2010 FDA measure.
"This research was a dangerous type of research that should have been reviewed," said Paul. "It wasn't."
The CDC and FDA, when confronted with scarce vaccine supply, refuse to learn from their COVID-19 mistakes.
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The FDA has effectively thrown up its hands over its most important food-related role.
The feds botch another epidemic.
The Senate majority leader’s marijuana bill would pile on more taxes and regulations, despite years of complaints about the barriers they create.
The FDA should not stand in the way of parents doing what’s best for their children.
Elaborate labeling requirements blocked the importation of direly needed European baby formula.
The Senate majority leader's 296-page bill would compound the barriers to successful legalization.
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One vaccination requires 100 pages of government paperwork to be processed before treatment.
The FDA, and the Dalkon Shield scandal, deserve some of the blame.
Foot-dragging and red tape by the CDC and the FDA have fueled an avoidable outbreak.
Something is wrong at the Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products, and federal courts are beginning to notice.
The agency is now taking small steps to allow foreign formula manufacturers to import their goods into the U.S.
I asked scholars, podcasters, and passersby how they'd change the nation's founding charter. Here's what they told me.
The agency’s policies would boost the black market and smoking-related deaths.
Time for a new Operation Warp Speed?
Senators asked for an investigation since the "sweet, chocolaty taste may encourage consumers to eat well over a recommended quantity of melatonin."
Bureaucrats say they want to save lives. But they're moving to block a tool that is proven to help smokers quit entirely.
The FDA could work with the Department of Justice to sue states over mifepristone bans. But should it?
Regulatory uncertainty is keeping the seaweed market from reaching its full potential.
What was once a classic Silicon Valley success story has become the victim of an intensely ideological war on nicotine.
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Hulu's limited TV series on Elizabeth Holmes shows how regulators failed to catch massive, dangerous medical fraud.
Everybody knows what almond, oat, and soy milk are. We don’t need the FDA’s intervention, no matter what the dairy lobby claims.