CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Desiree Rosado's daughter got the flu last month, she took a week off without pay; just an hour after ...
Key lawmaker asks for bigger commitments on food safety from Obama administration's FDA A key lawmaker pressed FDA officials Thursday for specific plans to improve food safety, saying the agency's proposals to date aren't enough. "A lot sounds to me like buzzwords ...
Government investigators only able to fully trace 5 of 40 foods in test of tracking system The government's system for tracing foods is riddled with holes, and that could undercut officials' ability to find the source of a disease outbreak or bioterrorism ...
Tony the Tiger's boss says a food safety overhaul would be Gr-r-reat! The Kellogg Co.'s top official is urging lawmakers to revamp the nation's food safety system. The world's biggest cereal maker — its brands include Frosted Flakes — lost $70 million ...
Kellogg's CEO says salmonella outbreak shows need for stronger gov't role in food safety The top official at Kellogg's, the giant food-maker who lost $70 million worth of peanut products in the recent salmonella outbreak, is urging lawmakers to overhaul the nation's ...
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Chew on this: Food inspection depends on dueling bureaucracies So, a guy walks into a restaurant. Who makes sure his food is safe? It depends on what he eats. A cheese pizza that arrived at the restaurant frozen? The Food ...
Chew on this: Food inspection a convoluted affair of dueling bureaucracies, overlapping jobs So, a guy walks into a restaurant. Who makes sure his food is safe? It depends on what he eats. A cheese pizza that arrived at the restaurant frozen? ...
Federal and state officials call for Justice Dept. probe of Ga. plant in peanut recall Senior congressional and state officials called Wednesday for a federal probe of possible criminal violations at a Georgia peanut processing plant linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak. ...
The Food and Drug Administration plans to interview more than 1,500 consumers to decide whether television drug advertisements should urge patients to report side effects. The regulatory agency is considering requiring TV promotions to carry a toll-free number where patients can report ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, shares a laugh with, from left, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, during a news conference after ...
(L to R) Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Democratic Representative Jim Oberstar of Minnesota and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi smile during a press conference after the House passed President Barack Obama's 87 billion plan to resuscitate the economy on ...
