Health & Medicine Archives - Page 275 of 316

Empty chairs in a House of Representatives hearing room.

FDA Recalls and U.S. Food Supply Safety

Dawn Allen - January 22, 2018

The Food Safety Modernization Act became law in 2011, but did it help the FDA improve our food supply safety? A House subcommittee asked, the FDA answered.

J&J Still Battling Talc Powder Cancer Claims

Sara E. Teller - January 22, 2018

Johnson & Johnson has been hit with numerous lawsuits by victims of mesothelioma, a rare asbestos-related cancer that tends to show symptoms years after exposure. The controversy over J&J baby powder is not new—rather, it’s decades old. In the early 1970s, a company official posed the question: If J&J Baby Powder contained 1 percent asbestos,

Monsanto Weed Killer Still Banned in Arkansas

Sara E. Teller - January 22, 2018

Monsanto Herbicide Still Banned in Arkansas

Senate Finance Committee Advances President’s Health Secretary Nominee

Brianna Smith - January 19, 2018

Earlier this week members of the Senate Finance Committee approved the advance of Alex Azar’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). According to reports, members of the committee voted “largely along party lines,” with 15 Republicans voting in favor of President Trump’s nomination and 12 Democrats voting against it. Now that the nomination is being advanced, the next step will be for Azar’s nomination to “head to a what appears to be an easy confirmation vote on the floor before the full Senate.”

Dental Chain Kool Smiles Settles After Whistleblowers Reveal Predatory Business Tactics

Ryan J. Farrick - January 19, 2018

National dental chain Kool Smiles will pay $24 million to settle allegations that it and an affiliate routinely billed Medicaid for root canals and other unnecessary work performed on impoverished children. As reported in the Hartford Courant, the case against Kool Smiles came into being by way of whistleblowers. A Connecticut dentist was among a