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Moves by Musk's DOGE this week have put the fate of a key lab that oversees US pharmaceutical safety in limbo. This raises questions about the Trump administration’s approach to expensive but crucial research that aims to keep America’s drug supply safe. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: L'Oreal is recalling its acne cream in the US on concerns it's contaminated with the known carcinogen benzene. The independent lab Valisure flagged similar contamination a year ago. FDA didn't immediately say whether more recalls are coming.. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP: Health and Human Services Secretary RFK is planning to meet Tuesday with executives of companies that make infant formula in the US. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Story from Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Madison Muller, Anna Edney & yours truly. 🍼

“This thing has grave safety concerns and they buried it,” said Robert Lee, who retired from the FDA at the end of Sept. “So here we are today with a product that’s been released to market that has potential to kill soldiers and citizens.” “They” = FDA bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

We're back with another health-packed episode of #WTHealth! Guest host Emmarie Huetteman is joined by Shefali Luthra, Jessie Hellmann, and Anna Edney to discuss RFK Jr.'s autism press conference, Trump's executive order to lower drug prices, and more health news. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…

All US Food and Drug Administration staff researching how to make baby formula safer are part of RFK Jr's. cuts at HHS despite his announcement of Operation Stork Speed recently bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“You’re talking about a threat to national health security.” The Amy J. Reed Collaborative for Medical Device Safety asked the FDA to take Humacyte's Symvess off the market after a whistleblower raised concerns about life-threatening bleeding bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Scoop with Josh Wingrove: The White House is pulling its nomination for Janette Nesheiwat to be US surgeon general. This is the second high-profile health nominee the WH has pulled just before they were due to appear in front of a Senate panel. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Republicans in Congress are having trouble agreeing on specific ways to save billions of dollars on Medicaid. Meanwhile, turmoil continues at HHS. Anna Edney, Maya Goldman, and Sandhya Raman join julie rovner on #WTHealth to discuss these stories and more. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…

“If they’re available at the pharmacy, people assume they’re overseen by the FDA, but unfortunately, in the case of these unapproved drugs, they aren’t.” Read the latest from Anna Edney ⬇️⬇️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…?

Have you ever taken Azo? Read this: (gift link) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Store shelves are lined with widely used drugs that essentially have been around so long they're grandfathered in. That doesn't mean they're safe. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

truly excellent via Anna Edney

I don't think people realize how little many nonprescription drugs are actually regulated. And don't think the drugmakers will save us -- one executive didn't even know a popular drug they sold isn't FDA approved bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Retweets, replies, comments—having my back out loud means more than you know because predators thrive in silence. cjr.org/feature-2/wesl… 4/5

on this week's #WTHealth: Joanne Kenen , Sarah Karlin-Smith, and Anna Edney on RFK and vaccines, plus unrest at NIH and Doug Holtz-Eakin on how CBO works...kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/w…