Latest U.S. Food and Drug Administration News

The Latest: Trump wants to send immigrants who are in the US illegally to Guantanamo Bay

Jan. 29, 2025 18:09 PM EST

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 immigrants who are living illegally in the United States. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be...

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee for health secretary

Jan. 29, 2025 17:39 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary. Kennedy is seeking to lead the...

Health groups prepare for the unthinkable: Working with RFK Jr.

Jan. 26, 2025 09:07 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the nation’s top health official, his administration inherited a sprawling list of ideas to “Make America Healthy Again,” from banning TV drug advertisements to dropping restrictions on raw milk. ...

The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months

Jan. 25, 2025 09:39 AM EST

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m superwoman,” Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing...

Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts

Jan. 22, 2025 15:30 PM EST

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dorothy Fink told agency...

Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There's a new option for tough cases

Jan. 18, 2025 09:09 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure — until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys. If that sounds weird, well, kidneys help regulate blood pressure in part through signals from certain nerves. The new...

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide

Jan. 17, 2025 05:50 AM EST

The Texas judge who previously halted approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion ruled Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. ...