FDA controversy

Health authorities have issued an urgent advisory urging parents and caregivers to discard two specific lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula after the product was implicated in a cluster of infant botulism cases across several states. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in coordination with the Centers for...

In a shocking move, the head of the Food and Drug Administration's (F.D.A.) drug division, Dr. George F. Tidmarsh, has been placed on leave amid allegations of a "toxic" work environment. According to sources, Dr. Tidmarsh's decision to step aside temporarily stems from deep-seated disagreements with agency officials over a...