US FDA, CDC investigating multi-state listeria outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were investigating a multi-state outbreak of listeria infections linked to frozen supplemental shakes manufactured by Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
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FDA cancels meeting to pick flu vaccine components for next season
The FDA canceled a meeting of vaccine advisors scheduled for next month to decide the composition of next season's influenza vaccines, an HHS official confirmed Thursday.
Shuttered CDC webpages return — with new warning about 'extremely inaccurate' transgender information
A federal judge ordered the CDC, FDA and HHS to restore webpages with information about HIV treatment and transgender people.
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FDA, CDC investigate listeria outbreak at Prairie Farms Dairy in Fort Wayne
Investigators suspect nutritional shakes manufactured by a Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. facility in Fort Wayne are responsible for a listeria outbreak that has killed 12.
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—As Medicare And Medicaid Services, FDA And CDC Reportedly Cut Staff
The federal government is in the process of firing thousands of employees at federal public health agencies, reportedly notifying officials over the weekend about cuts at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Food and Drug Administration,
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Administration terminating employees at FDA and CDC; some food safety jobs likely impacted
Notice of layoffs went into effect this past weekend for employees at the Food and Drug Administration. Neither the FDA nor the Trump administration have
At least 11 deaths reported in listeria outbreak linked to recalled supplemental shakes, FDA says
The CDC said listeria cases linked to the products date to 2018 but investigators had been previously unable to identify the source.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to fire 5,200 probationary employees across its agencies, which include the National Institutes of Health, the FDA and the Centers
Vaccine meeting to prepare for coming winter’s flu season canceled
The vaccine meeting canceled by the FDA is the second federal vaccine panel meeting Trump administration officials have canceled since RFK Jr. took over HHS.
Make America Healthy Again agenda at risk with reduction in force across federal health agencies
Staffing reductions across U.S. federal health agencies—including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
Popular nutrition shakes recalled after deadly listeria contamination
Several cases of a popular nutrition shake have been recalled due to listeria contamination. The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of infections linked to Lyons ReadyCare and Sysco Imperial Frozen Supplemental Shakes manufactured by the Indiana-based Prairie Farms Dairy.
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Some jobs, program funding restored: 4 federal health updates
Recent cuts at HHS have led to reinstatement of funding and jobs for federal healthcare programs, including FDA and CDC. Updates on rehiring, funding restorati