The federal agency introduced Elsa last month, boasting about the AI tool's ability to increase efficiency at the FDA.

But three of those FDA employees told CNN that Elsa just makes up nonexistent studies, something commonly referred to in AI ...

Around 3,500 FDA employees received termination emails; FDA Commissioner Marty Makary suggests lowering industry user fees ...

Insiders tell CNN the FDA’s AI is “hallucinating” studies and can’t access key documents. Agency leaders insist the AI is ...

FDA officials say the assistant is flawed, just as the Trump administration stresses AI adoption in healthcare.

In the first six months of 2025, 385 employees resigned from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, compared with under 130 staff during the same period last year.

The investigative unit, which looks into potential safety issues with drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and other products, has had a retention problem for years. Inspectors leave so often that, even ...

Cuts at the FDA are slowing inspections of overseas drug manufacturers, prompting concerns from former and current employees that medication safety could be at risk, ProPublica reported July 7. Dozens ...

FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File ...

Weeks after ordering FDA employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid worries that recent layoffs and ...

FDA commissioners aren’t typically involved in the agency’s day-to-day medical reviews, but they often serve as a buffer between FDA scientists and political forces elsewhere in government.

FILE – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018.