How could federal health agency cuts affect Texas? Here's what to know.
Sweeping cuts to federal health agencies have created uncertainty about the future of a variety of public health programs.
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FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
He covers federal public health agencies. Senior Food and Drug Administration leaders are planning for cutbacks to the number of routine food and drug inspections conducted by the agency ...
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Texas judge overturns FDA’s lab developed test regulation, siding with industry groups
The judge vacated the FDA’s final rule, which was strongly opposed by the laboratory industry, and remanded the matter to HHS ...
Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr. for promoting ‘misinformation and lies’
The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation's top health official ...
Here's why school nurses need Texas law change to give new epi nasal spray to students
This is great news, but families can't just hand over the nasal spray form to their school nurse. The Texas law allowing ...
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Texas judge strikes down FDA’s plan to regulate lab-developed tests
The FDA has long believed it has the power to regulate lab-developed tests, but it only put out the rules under former ...
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FDA’s LDT Final Rule Rejected by Federal District Court in Texas
As Wilson Sonsini previously reported,1 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had been preparing the industry to comply with the 2024 LDT ...
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Trump administration to shrink federal health agencies by 20,000 employees
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will cut 3,500 jobs from the Food and Drug Administration, according to the fact sheet. "This reduction will not affect drug, medical device ...
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Texas Court Vacates FDA’s Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) Final Rule
A Texas judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a ruling on March 31, 2025, to vacate and set aside, in ...
Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to ...
U.S. Health and Human Services plans to cut 20,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan
The Food and Drug Administration, responsible for setting standards for Americans’ foods and medications, will shed 3,500 ...
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Breaking News: RFK Jr. oversees mass and sudden firings at FDA
Mass firings and forced resignations sweep through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under a new directive from the ...