Food and Drug Administration

  • The nation\'s food safety system is a \"hazard to public health\". Now what?

    March 17, 2009
  • The FY 2009 budget has passed and some agencies are seeing an increase in money. The Washington Post reports that the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are going to get…

    March 16, 2009
  • Americans are living longer and healthier lives because of advances in health science. On average, American women are now living past 80 and men are living past 75. Pacemakers and stents are just two of…

    February 23, 2009
  • President Obama has laid out his priorities for tackling the nation’s health care challenges. We’ll find out if lawmakers agree with his plans after the vote takes place later today. We want to get some…

    January 28, 2009
  • Many things have changed at the Food and Drug Administration since Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach was confirmed as Commissioner in 2006. The Commissioner is with us now to talk about some of his successes –…

    January 14, 2009
  • Many things have changed at the Food and Drug Administration since Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach was confirmed as Commissioner in 2006. The Commissioner is with us now to talk about some of his successes –…

    January 14, 2009
  • It took months for the Food and Drug Administration to figure out where the salmonella outbreak in tomatoes came from. The next food-borne outbreak will be different. FDA is using lessons learned to be better…

    November 12, 2008
  • First do no harm

    November 04, 2008