FDA

Jim O'Neill, managing director of Mithril Capital Management, arrives at Trump Tower, January 12, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Trump continues to hold meetings Trump Tower.

Trump HHS pick Jim O’Neill favors less regulation and more anti-aging research

Gabrielle M. Etzel · May 8, 2025 5:00 am

Varieties of disposable flavored electronic cigarette devices manufactured by EB Design, formerly known as Elf Bar, are displayed at a store in Pinecrest, Florida, Monday, June 26, 2023.

Trump facing bipartisan pressure to crack down on Chinese vapes

Christian Datoc · May 7, 2025 4:00 am

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz.

Beltway Confidential

A red pill on pro-life optimism

Emma Fuentes · May 6, 2025 5:28 pm

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

COVID-19 booster critic tapped to lead FDA vaccine program

Gabrielle M. Etzel · May 6, 2025 3:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

ProPublica is rewarded for its political hackery with a Pulitzer Prize

David Harsanyi · May 6, 2025 1:38 pm

This Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. Regulators warned several companies to stop selling soaps, sprays and other concoctions with false claims that they can treat COVID-19 or keep people from catching it. The warnings were emailed Friday, March 6, 2020, to companies based in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom and were announced Monday. Nearly all the targeted companies had complied by Monday morning, with mentions of the virus or products to treat it taken off their websites.

Top FDA official resigns after agency shake-up under Trump: ‘It was time’

Emily Hallas · May 6, 2025 11:45 am

President Donald Trump congratulates Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after he was sworn in as Health and Human Services Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.

Trump 100-day report card: RFK’s MAHA revolution gets mixed grade

Gabrielle M. Etzel · May 2, 2025 6:30 am

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Fairness & Justice

Trump should save vaping, but not for China

David Mansdoerfer · May 1, 2025 1:00 pm

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

Faith, Freedom & Self-Reliance

Cuts to the FDA are slowing medical innovation and endangering public health

Henry Miller · April 28, 2025 3:14 pm

An abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Beltway Confidential

Are the FDA and drugmakers covering up the abortion pill’s risks?

Timothy P. Carney · April 28, 2025 2:13 pm

An abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Severe abortion pill complications 22 times higher than FDA discloses, study finds

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 28, 2025 11:26 am

Hawley criticizes FDA’s Makary over having ‘no plans’ for abortion pills

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 24, 2025 4:23 pm