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May 05, 2017

Cable Wars Hit FDA Headquarters As Officials Change TVs To Fox News

They later changed some of the screens back to CNN.

Aug 26, 2016

FDA Now Advises Screening Donated Blood For Zika Throughout The Country

It was previously only suggested for Puerto Rico, Florida, and other places that have reported local transmission of the disease.

Aug 11, 2016

White House Protest Planned As DEA Declines To Reclassify Marijuana

“We will insult the ears of everyone at the White House like they are insulting every American that believes in rational drug policy.”

Apr 06, 2016

The DEA Will Consider Reclassifying Marijuana This Year

They plan to decide in the “first half of 2016” if marijuana’s federal status should be changed from a Schedule 1 substance.

Dec 21, 2015

FDA Updates Policy To Allow Gay Men To Donate Blood—After One Year Of Abstinence

The U.S. blood banking system also halts donations from people who have had sex with a prostitute or an intravenous drug user in the past 12 months.

Feb 27, 2014

Proposed Nutrition Label Update Would Change Serving Sizes, Draw Attention To Calories

A proposed update of the nutrition labels found on over 700,000 products would put a heavier emphasis on calorie count, provide information about “added sugars” and change the serving size requirements.

Jul 03, 2011

Don’t Touch Me. Wait, Who’s Going to Get My Back?

Last month, worried that applying sunscreen would lead to inappropriate touching, Maryland health officials put in place a new policy at summer camps that steered counselors away from helping children apply sunscreen and forbid campers from assisting each other in the application of sunscreen. On Saturday, in response to dermatologists and parents who said the new policy would make it far more likely that children would suffer skin damage, the state health department scrapped the new restrictions.

 
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