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Gays excluded from clinical trials
Thanks to an awards announcement from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, we just noticed Jen Colletta’s story in…
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Identical tubing demonstrates FDA’s inaction
In The New York Times, Gardiner Harris outlines the problem of medical tubing that looks very similar – leading to…
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Investigating, localizing salmonella outbreak
As some of you may have noticed, there’s an egg recall going on. It all began when the CDC’s PulseNet…
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CDC releases 2007 foodborne illness numbers
In the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC has released the 2007 numbers on foodborne illness in the…
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Health IT moves forward, regulation doesn’t
Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz report that while the Obama administration plans to create a digital medical file for every…
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FDA site tracks post-approval drug dangers
Thanks to new requirements, the FDA is now publishing updates on its safety evaluations of drugs that are already on…
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Foreign trial data used in 4/5 of approved drugs
FairWarning’s Lea Yu and The New York Times‘ Gardiner Harris drew our attention to a report from the HHS Office…
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Factory that made recalled Tylenol was cited
The U.S. House of Representatives’ oversight committee will hold a hearing today about an April 30 recall of children’s Tylenol…
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FDA to track media calls, develop policy
The FDA’s Transparency Task Force released 21 draft proposals [PDF] as part of its transparency initiative today. A just-released Perspective…
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Popular salad option a possible culprit in outbreak
Bagged romaine lettuce, a time-saving option for many shoppers, is suspected in the latest E. coli outbreak that has caused…