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Growing calls for FDA to speed approval of at-home coronavirus tests

August 13, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is under fire for setting what critics say are near-impossible standards for quick, at-home Covid-19 tests that could provide a breakthrough in stemming the spread of the virus.

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FDA looks into bogus claims about coronavirus treatments

Miracle Mineral Solution targeted

Amy Martyn

May 14, 2020

In its attempted crackdown on bogus coronavirus remedies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has encountered an old nemesis: a “miracle” solution made of chlorine dioxide that experts say is akin to drinking bleach.

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For Your Health & Wellness: Do cell phones pose a health hazard?

October 2, 2019

The weight of scientific evidence has not linked cell phones with any health problems. Cell phones emit low levels of radiofrequency energy (RF). Over the past 15 years, scientists have conducted hundreds of studies looking at the biological effects of the radiofrequency energy emitted by cell phones.

How Safe Are Supplements?

Tina Paraventi

February 12, 2017

When consumers of the multi-billion dollar dietary supplements industry hear about violations exposed in FDA inspections, they may presume that supplements are regulated in a manner similar to pharmaceuticals, given that the FDA is tasked with regulating both. Control of dietary supplements, in fact, differs significantly from that of prescription and over-the-counter medications in ways consumers should understand.

FDA rules ‘Hands off powdered gloves’

so what are your alternatives?

Anthony López

February 1, 2017

The recent FDA announcement banning the use of powdered surgical and patient examination gloves in the United States, as well as the absorbable powder used to lubricate these gloves, certainly comes as no surprise.

Reducing risk in the food supply chain

Emily Ysaguirre

October 1, 2016

Many challenges today affect our growing global supply chain.

Is food inspection system in China good enough for American meat consumers?

October 14, 2015

Reports that a Cargill poultry plant in China has been approved by the federal government to export meat to the U.S. are raising alarms among food safety organizations.

FDA cracking down on “adulterated” tobacco products

Health advocates: Tobacco companies change products to appeal to kids

September 16, 2015

The public will no longer have the opportunity to smoke Camel Crush Bold cigarettes. Nor will people get to puff on Pall Mall Deep Set Recessed Filter, Pall Mall Deep Set Recessed Filter Menthol and Vantage Tech 13 cigarettes.

E-cigarette use triples among teens in just one year

April 20, 2015

E-cigarette use among middle and high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) in a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).