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The FDA is warning people not to sell, serve or eat cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales between April 29 and May 19.

A salmonella outbreak sickens dozens, prompting a cucumber recall. Here's what to do

The FDA says 26 people, nine of whom were hospitalized, have gotten sick across 15 states. It is still figuring out where the cucumbers were distributed — and warning people to take extra precautions.

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  • Rachel Treisman
The Food and Drug Administration is taking a new approach to evaluating and approving COVID vaccines.

A stricter FDA policy for COVID vaccines could limit future access

Federal officials unveiled a rigorous regulatory approach to future COVID vaccines that could make it harder for many people under 65 to get immunized.

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  • Rob Stein
FILE - A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

Top officials for the Food and Drug Administration laid out new requirements for access to updated COVID shots, saying they'd continue to use a streamlined approach to make them available to adults 65 and older as well as children and younger adults with at least one high-risk health problem.

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Even foods you may not guess would have food coloring added often do, like pickled banana peppers.

A pickled pepper maker knows exactly how hard it is to switch to natural food dyes

The MAHA movement loves the idea of getting rid of synthetic dyes in foods. But manufacturers face challenges that could drive prices higher.

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  • Yuki Noguchi
Dentists sometimes prescribe fluoride supplements to kids in areas that lack water fluoridation. FDA is taking action to remove such treatments from the market.

FDA moves to ban fluoride supplements for kids, removing a key tool for dentists

The agency is taking steps to remove prescription fluoride treatments that children swallow.

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  • Pien Huang

RFK's plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback

The health secretary announced a push to eliminate petroleum-based colorants from the food supply. But he'll need to get food companies on board.

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  • Carmel Wroth and
  • Yuki Noguchi
Cuts to support staff at the Food and Drug Administration are shifting work to the agency's inspectors.

How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe

While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, key support staffers were dismissed.

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  • Sydney Lupkin
Among the thousands of layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week were many staff who handled public records requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

After promising transparency, RFK guts public records teams at HHS

Despite promises for "radical transparency," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid off many staff on teams that fulfill public records requests at health agencies.

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  • Sydney Lupkin
Dr. Peter Marks has long steered the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of vaccines.

The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies'

A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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  • Rob Stein
The Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is seen, Oct. 14, 2015.

Some acne treatments from brands like Walgreens, La Roche-Posay voluntarily recalled

The FDA tested 95 products containing benzoyl peroxide, an ingredient widely used to treat acne that can form benzene as a byproduct. It found that six products could have more benzene than usual.

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  • Ayana Archie
Dr. Marty Makary testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on his nomination to become Food and Drug Administration commissioner.

5 takeaways from the confirmation hearing for Trump's FDA nominee

Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.

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  • Sydney Lupkin
Close up of the "best by" date on a carton of eggs

Best by, use by, sell by? How confusion around grocery labels contributes to food waste

Around 30% of all food produced in the U.S. goes to waste. A new joint strategy from the USDA and the FDA is attempting to cut that number in half.

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Eggs for sale at 66 cents each from a supermarket in Monterey Park, Calif., on Feb. 10.

USDA unveils a $1 billion plan to address the egg crisis

Eggs have become the grocery staple that Americans can't stop talking about, whether its fears of widespread bird flu getting worse or the drastic increase in prices.

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  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Scott Horsley
Drugs and medical devices for pets and other animals go through approval processes through the FDA. Staff handling parts of this work lost their jobs in the recent round of firings from the Trump administration.

FDA staff handling drug safety for pets and livestock lost jobs in Trump firings

The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.

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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Sydney Lupkin
Employees at the National Institutes of Health are among those at several health agencies who received termination letters this past weekend as part of the Trump administration's push to cut federal employees.

Health agencies lose staff members in key areas as Trump firings set in

As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut and the impact of the roles that were lost.

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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Pien Huang