For first time, FDA approves marketing of nicotine pouch products
Officials with the U..S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday OK'd the marketing of Zyn nicotine pouches to adults. Photo courtesy of the Food and…
National impact: Baby foods to list lead, mercury, other toxic metals in California
Parents throughout the nation will be able to learn the amounts of potentially dangerous heavy metals in baby foods thanks to a new California law…
2 ex-CEOs of Washington biotech company face 20 years after fraud convictions
Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A federal jury this week in Maryland convicted two ex-CEOs of a Washington biotech company for their role in a multi-million…
CDC, FDA probe tainted cucumbers that sickened 68 people in 19 states
1 of 2 | Cucumbers grown by Agrotato S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico, and sold by importer SunFed Produce of Nogales, Ariz., may be…
Bird flu contamination prompts recall of California raw milk
California dairy Raw Farm, LLC voluntarily recalled its raw milk Sunday after a sample tested positive for avian flu. The state reassured people that pasteurized…
Trump nominates surgeon general and directors of CDC and FDA
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday appointed a new surgeon general and directors of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and…
CBP: Chocolate confiscated at Buffalo, N.Y., entry point contained magic mushrooms
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said Friday that Port of Buffalo CBP officers found multiple commercial shipments of psilocybin in chocolate bricks in the previous…
Contradicting health experts, Fla. health chief advises seniors to avoid mRNA COVID-19 boosters
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo issued medical guidance this week advising the state's senior citizens to avoid getting COVID-19 boosters due to what he called…
Voluntary recall of apple juice with high levels of arsenic expands
A voluntary product recall involving high levels of arsenic detected in apple juice was expanded Friday in grocery stores across the United States. File Photo…
More than 9,500 cases of apple juice sold at Walmart recalled
Apple juice sold in Walmart stores east of the Mississippi River has been recalled because it contains inorganic arsenic, according to the FDA. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS…
CBP, FDA agents confiscate $1.08M worth of illegal vaping pens from China
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Tuesday that its agents in Chicago seized 53,700 electronic nicotine delivery systems, or vaping pens, from China worth…
Colorado e-cigarette maker ordered to stop selling unauthorized vaping products
A Colorado e-cigarette maker has been ordered to stop selling unauthorized vaping products that pose “a serious public health threat, particularly to youth,” the U.S.…
Louisiana governor signs bill classifying abortion pills as controlled substances
Louisiana on Friday became the first state to classify the drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as controlled substances, making possession of them without a prescription punishable…
Voluntary recall issued in 5 southern states for Hormel-owned Planters peanut products
According to the federal Food and Drug Administration, Minnesota-based Hormel Foods Sales on Friday issued a voluntary recall on two Planters peanut products that are…
Federal authorities seize more than $700K in illegal e-cigarette products in California
E-cigarettes sold in a grocery store in downtown Beijing, China in 2019. On Tuesday, the FDA said the U.S. seized illegal e-cigaratte products valued over…
FDA urges Congress to pass bill mandating food manufacturers test for lead
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration Robert Califf looks on during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on May 4, 2023.…
Possibility of salmonella contamination triggers Trader Joe’s cashews recall
March 18 (UPI) -- Wenders LLC on Monday recalled four lots of Trader Joe's Nuts due to potential salmonella contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug…
First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. now available
A pedestrian walks by a Planned Parenthood location in New York City in March 2017. On Monday, it was announced that the first-ever over-the-counter birth…
Researchers say pig experiment shows promise for humans with liver disease
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have announced they have successfully used a pig liver to circulate blood outside the human body. Photo by Wikicommons…