U.S. Judge Strikes Down F.D.A. Regulation of Premium Cigars

Not Everyone Is Celebrating Public health groups including the American Lung Association, American Heart Association, American…

F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

“We need to make it affordable and available,” Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington State…

F.D.A. Advisers Say Benefits of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Outweigh Risks

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday that the…

F.D.A. Advisers Weigh Allowing First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

It was like a tale of two birth control pills. At a hearing Tuesday to consider…

F.D.A. Approves Drug for Rare Form of A.L.S.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the first drug for a rare genetic form…

Abortion Pill Maker Sues F.D.A. to Protect Drug if a Court Orders It Off the Market

The company that makes a majority of the abortion pill mifepristone sold in the United States…

F.D.A. Clears Path for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

The Food and Drug Administration moved on Tuesday to make hearing aids available over the counter…

People Exposed to Covid May Need to Take as Many as Three At-Home Tests, F.D.A. Says

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new recommendation on Thursday that asymptomatic people who…

Samples of Popular Diabetes Drug Contain Potential Carcinogen, F.D.A. Says

The Food and Drug Administration said that traces of a potential carcinogen had been found in…

F.D.A. Tobacco Science Official Takes Job at Philip Morris

A Food and Drug Administration official with considerable power over authorization decisions for e-cigarettes and products…