FDA

The FDA told the Washington Examiner it would now review cleaning instruction data for duodenoscopes. (iStock Photo)

FDA releases new recommendations on devices linked to superbugs

Robert King · March 14, 2015 3:00 pm

Outgoing Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Confusion reigns over Obamacare-related FDA menu rule

Robert King · March 12, 2015 4:52 pm

In this May 30, 2014 file photo, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg answers questions during an interview at The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Government unlikely to further regulate superbug scopes

Robert King · March 11, 2015 9:00 am

Public health officials plead for more money

Public health officials plead for more money

Robert King · March 10, 2015 6:51 pm

A nurse prepares to give a patient a shot from a hypodermic needle. David Cheskin/PA Wire (Press Association via AP Images)

Government seeks to rebuild trust after flu shot SNAFU

Robert King · March 10, 2015 9:00 am

Imprimis to offer competitor after outrage over 5,000-percent price hike for anti-parasite treatment.Â (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Millions of patients’ prescription painkillers jeopardized by DEA inaction

Ethan Barton · March 10, 2015 9:00 am

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscope, attached to a long tube, not shown. A patient has sued the maker of the medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration, File)

FDA takes heat for superbug outbreak

Robert King · March 7, 2015 10:00 am

The FDA approved Friday a biosimilar from Sandoz. (iStock Photo)

Game-changer: U.S. approves first biosimilar drug

Robert King · March 6, 2015 4:25 pm

A research assistant with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA carries a portable cooler marked with a biohazard label past the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California has second outbreak of deadly superbugs

Robert King · March 4, 2015 11:51 pm

McDonald's says it plans to start using chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine and milk from cows that are not treated with the artificial growth hormone rbST. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Energy and Environment

McDonald’s cuts antibiotics from chicken supply

Zack Colman · March 4, 2015 7:06 pm

Testosterone treatments come in different forms such as injections, patches and gels. (iStock)

Food and Drug Administration details risks of meds used for boosting sex drive

Robert King · March 3, 2015 6:10 pm

A new study says minors in North Carolina are easily able to get e-cigarettes online. (AP)

Teens’ use could mean more federal oversight for e-cigarettes

Robert King · March 3, 2015 10:00 am