Baltimore officials consider new laws to curb smoking

December 10, 2018 Leave a comment

Elected officials in Baltimore are considering new laws to cut down on smoking and vaping.

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Caucus will push to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21

December 4, 2018 Leave a comment

FILE - This Friday, April 7, 2017, file photo, shows cigarette butts discarded in an ashtray outside a New York office building. Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies are returning to prime-time television, but not by choice. Under court order, the tobacco industry for the first time will be forced to advertise the deadly, addictive effects of smoking, more than 11 years after a judge ruled that the companies had misled the public about the dangers of cigarettes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland is concerned about the toll smoking has taken on the African-American community and is leading an effort to impose restrictions on access to tobacco products.

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FDA approves first generic version of EpiPen

August 16, 2018 Leave a comment

In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPens epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif. Mylan said it will make available a generic version of its EpiPen, as criticism mounts over the price of its injectable medicine. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of EpiPen on Thursday, a move that will bring new competition for the lifesaving allergy injection that helped spark public furor over high drug prices.

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Soy ‘milk’ makers may need to find alternative description

July 18, 2018 Leave a comment

This Feb. 16, 2017, photo shows the ingredients label for almond milk at a grocery store in New York. Soy and almond drinks don’t come from cows, so regulators may soon ask them to stop calling themselves “milk.” The Food and Drug Administration signaled plans to start enforcing a federal standard that defines “milk” as coming from the “milking of one or more healthy cows.” That would mark a change for the agency, which has not aggressively gone after the proliferation of plant-based drinks labeled as “milk.” (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Soy and almond drinks that bill themselves as "milk" may need to consider alternative language after a top regulator suggested the agency may start cracking down on use of the term.

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Trump signs bill for terminal patients to try unproven drugs

May 30, 2018 Leave a comment

President Donald Trump hugs Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient Jordan McLinn after signing the "Right to Try" act in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday aimed at helping people with deadly diseases try experimental treatments, calling it a "fundamental freedom" that will offer hope and save lives.

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Democratic senators seek assurances from Trump pick for FDA

April 26, 2017 Leave a comment

In this 2010 photo by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA Building 21 stands behind the sign at the campus's main entrance on New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring. (U.S. FDA photo)

BOSTON — A group of U.S. senators led by Elizabeth Warren is pushing President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, which is headquartered in Silver Spring, for more information on how he plans to staff the ...

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Baltimore supplements company waters down some of its claims

May 12, 2016 Leave a comment

Kolé Life Foods, a Baltimore company that makes drinks that claim to boost cognitive functions, has softened some of its advertising language after inquiries were made about the product’s beneficial claims by a magazine. Founded by neuroscientist and University of ...

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Price tag for NIH, FDA cancer ‘moonshot’ at $1B in Obama budget

February 1, 2016 Leave a comment

n this Jan. 12, 2016 file-pool photo, Vice President Joe Biden points at President Barack Obama during the president's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama is creating a new federal task force to accelerate cancer research. He's tapping Biden to chair the effort. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool, File)

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $755 million for cancer research in his upcoming budget, the White House said Monday, bringing the total price tag for Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer “moonshot” to $1 billion. Research into ...

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Chipotle facing criminal investigation

January 6, 2016 Leave a comment

The door at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Robinson Township, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar/AP File photo)

NEW YORK — Chipotle reported a sales plunge of 30 percent for December after a series of food scares at its restaurants and disclosed that a federal criminal investigation tied to the sickening of customers has begun. The company said ...

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FDA issues warning letters to ‘natural’ tobacco makers

August 27, 2015 Leave a comment

NEW YORK — The Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to the makers of Winston, Natural Spirit and Nat Sherman cigarettes over their “additive-free” and “natural” label claims. The agency issued the warnings to ITG Brands LLC, Santa Fe ...

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