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What does “healthy” mean? New guidelines for food labels focus on what we should eat, instead of what we shouldn’t.

Raw milk has not been pasteurized, a heating process that kills disease-causing germs.

Red food dye is commonly used in beverages, snacks and candies, but it’s come under scrutiny for possible links to cancer and behavioral problems in children.

A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.

A recent E. coli outbreak linked to organic, bagged carrots that has sickened nearly 40 people across 18 states has led other popular brands to recall vegetables because of possible contamination, including additional products sold at Whole Foods.

The carrots were sold in popular grocery stores including Whole Foods, Target and Trader Joe’s

A multistate E. coli outbreak linked to a variety of carrots sold at popular grocery stores has left at least one person dead, more than a dozen hospitalized and dozens more sick, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned over the weekend.

An E. coli outbreak linked to bagged organic whole and baby carrots sold at popular grocery stores has sickened dozens of people across multiple states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, with 15 hospitalizations and one death reported.

New rules require drugmakers to be clearer about explaining the risks and side effects of prescription drugs.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

Savencia Cheese USA is recalling several of its soft ripened cheeses after finding that processing equipment at its Lena, Illinois, facility may have been contaminated with listeria, a type of bacteria.

The FDA said the proposed order is not final yet, which means companies can still market over-the-counter drugs containing oral phenylephrine for now.

Forty years after the Hatch-Waxman Act, which provided widespread access to affordable generic versions of medications, the market is struggling with persistent shortages brought about partly by low prices.

U.S. health inspectors are still struggling to address a massive backlog of pharmaceutical plants that went uninspected during disruptions caused by COVID-19. That’s according to an analysis of government data by the Associated Press. The data shows roughly 2,000 drug manufacturing sites around the world have not had a Food and Drug Administration inspection for quality since before the pandemic....

Youth vaping levels fell to the lowest in a decade this year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

Federal health officials have declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics announced the FDA’s decision on Friday.

U.S. health officials have approved the first nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, offering an alternative to injectable products like EpiPen.

A loophole means manufacturers don’t need approval before adding new ingredients, such as natural sweeteners and texture enhancers, to foods, researchers say in an editorial.

The Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to ban formaldehyde in hair care products has been pushed back once again, and the timeline for its release remains undetermined. 

Friday’s action is the government’s strongest indication yet that switching to flavored vaping can reduce the harms traditional tobacco smoking.