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FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections • Apr. 18, 2025, 9:21 AM ET (AP)
Draft budget plan proposes deep cuts across federal health programs • Apr. 17, 2025, 6:20 PM ET (AP)
FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure • Apr. 15, 2025, 9:04 AM ET (AP)
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations • Apr. 10, 2025, 9:37 PM ET (AP)
Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr. • Apr. 7, 2025, 5:15 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration • FDA
Date 1927 - present
Areas Of Involvement drug • public health • food

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