Food and Drug Administration
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The battle over a breast cancer drug will be heating up again at the end of the month after the FDA banned its use.
June 20, 2011 -
The House voted on a spending bill that will slash the Food and Drug Administration\'s budget by nearly 12 percent.
June 16, 2011 -
Maggie Fox, managing editor for technology and health care at National Journal
June 14, 2011 -
Feds who make more than $180,000 a year make up less than one percent of the federal workforce. Leading that pack are doctors, lawyers and dentists. Doctors held roughly eight out of 10 of the top-salaried jobs.
May 03, 2011 -
There\'s a meat industry secret they probably don\'t want you to know. It\'s called transglutaminase, more commonly known as \"meat glue.\"
April 24, 2011 -
More details are emerging about the $38 billion dollar deal lawmakers say they reached to keep the government from shutting down. Some cuts were made by pruning money left over from previous years. More than half of the cuts affect education, labor and health programs. A vote in the House is expected as early as Wednesday and the Senate must pass it by Friday to prevent a shutdown.
April 12, 2011 -
Health and Human Services recognizes six software tools that are leading the way in innovation for the agency.
March 31, 2011 -
A priority review program for new, breakthrough medical devices is underway. FDA\'s Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein explains how it works.
February 16, 2011 -
A $1.4 billion overhaul of the food safety system, giving the FDA new power to increase inspections at food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted products. Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg joins us with an update.
February 01, 2011 -
As the Nation implements recently enacted health reform legislation, our regional businesses are uniquely qualified to assist the federal government to transform Health IT. Maryland is home to HHS, NIH, FDA, NIST, SSA, and the new Cyber Security Command Center and all of these agencies work with businesses to innovate health information technology. Montgomery County\'s Barbara Ashe tells us about a way to bring the sectors together.
January 18, 2011 -
Josh Sharfstein discusses his time with FDA before he leaves his post as principal deputy commissioner.
January 07, 2011 -
The test can be used to test for concussion on young athletes, infants with \"shaken baby syndrome\" and combat troops.
October 15, 2010 -
What\'s the best way to use the measurements developed for government in the past few years? We ask a panel of experts for their opinion.
September 30, 2010 -
EPA CIO Jackson said he wants to dig deeper to improve programs and save money on technology systems. Others are using the data on the dashboard to have a common language across the department.
September 17, 2010