The agencyβs top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 childrenβs deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.
Dr. Vinay Prasad, the F.D.A.βs top vaccine official, suggested in a memo that the deaths were related to vaccine-related myocarditis but did not offer data to support his conclusions.
A Pennsylvania plant run by the company, ByHeart, was shut down this year after inspectors found mold, a leaking roof and more than 2,500 dead insects in a food production area.
Dr. Richard Pazdur, who has been the F.D.A.βs top cancer drug regulator, represents a stabilizing choice for an agency reeling under staff cuts and low morale.
Dr. Richard Pazdur will now lead the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, which is in charge of regulating most prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines.
A new industry group wants to set aside the piecemeal state-by-state approach imposing food dye and labeling laws in favor of federal control. The opposition has roiled the MAHA coalition.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of Health and Human Services, faces emerging foes in the food industry that are challenging his Make America Healthy Again agenda.
The official, Dr. George Tidmarsh, has become embroiled in an ethical dispute and is now the target of a lawsuit over his actions involving certain drugs tied to a business associate.