Purell’s Claim to Combat Disease Spurs Demand — and Lawsuits May 18, 2020 By Bob Van Voris and Gerald Porter Jr. Everyone’s favorite hand sanitizer may have to stand trial for claiming it can stop you from getting sick. A trio...
Caffeine Bought Online Killed Teen. But is Amazon at Fault? May 4, 2020 By Andrew Welsh-Huggins COLUMBUS — Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s...
Blue Bell Pleads In Ice Cream Listeria Case; Ex-CEO Charged May 4, 2020 AUSTIN — A Texas ice cream company has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated goods and its former CEO has been...
Amazon Turns to Chinese Firm on U.S. Blacklist to Meet Thermal Camera Needs April 29, 2020 By Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a...
FDA Urges Virtual Patient Visits as Coronavirus Disrupts Clinical Trials March 18, 2020 By Manas Mishra and Saumya Joseph The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday recommended switching to virtual patient visits instead of in-person monitoring for clinical...
Juul Labs Sought to Court State AGs as Teen Vaping Surged March 10, 2020 By Matthew Perrone and Richard Lardner WASHINGTON — Juul Labs, the nation’s largest electronic-cigarette company, donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of state...
Mixed Messages, Test Delays Hamper U.S. Coronavirus Response March 2, 2020 By Julie Steenhuysen, Andrew Hay and Brad Brooks Even as U.S. officials warn of an inevitable outbreak of coronavirus in the United States, and are alerting Americans to...
Cancer Risk Forces Recall of Weight-Loss Drug Belviq February 14, 2020 By Emma Court Weight-loss drug Belviq will be withdrawn from the U.S. market at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, after...
Juul Bulks Up Science Staff With FDA Vaping Deadline Nearing February 5, 2020 By Angelica LaVito Juul Labs Inc. has hired former Food and Drug Administration employees and is recruiting more researchers as it prepares for...
FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Testing for Asbestos In Talc February 4, 2020 By Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion SILVER SPRING, Md., — For the first time in nearly 50 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will examine...