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US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an ...
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Tribal crime crisis: Evidence shows complex reality on S.D.'s reservations
Violent crime and drug trafficking are rising on South Dakota's reservations. However, the facts are more complex than ...
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Shifting FDA food safety inspection to states has big challenges
After years of discussion, the Food and Drug Administration may shift the responsibility for routine food safety inspections to states. Industry and food safety experts say this is a logical next step ...
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FDA tech officials complied with DOGE’s requests for data. The staff reductions still came.
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration who spoke to FedScoop believe that information from a recent “data call” on ...
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Budget challenges continue for mental health agencies as they head into new fiscal year
As the Wood County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board continues the allocation process for fiscal year ...
Rising drug prices are hammering patients, employers, and insurers. Is there any end in sight?
Like tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents, community college professor Carolyn McGrath has been paying for medicine ...
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How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe
While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, ...
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FDA Drug Inspections Post–Workforce Reductions: Potential Implications and Practical Steps Forward
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confronted with significant challenges in its inspection processes due to recent layoffs. Among ...
FDA: Job cuts at US health agency raises concerns over drug approvals
The US FDA is coping with a series of Trump-imposed job cuts. These are starting to hamper food safety and pharmaceutical ...
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is ...
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Biotech leaders urge Senate to restore FDA's key functions, cite funding concerns for small companies
These scenarios have prompted the biotech stakeholders to urge the Senate HELP committee to restore FDA staffing levels in an effort to maintain established regulatory timelines and consistency.