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Yearslong shortage of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs is resolved, FDA says • Feb. 21, 2025, 3:29 PM ET (AP)
The Latest: Judge declines to block Musk and DOGE from accessing federal data or laying off workers • Feb. 18, 2025, 7:39 PM ET (AP)
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products • Feb. 16, 2025, 8:18 PM ET (AP)
Red dye No. 3 has been banned, but what about other artificial food dyes? • Feb. 15, 2025, 8:54 AM ET (AP)
Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Trump's health chief after a close Senate vote • Feb. 13, 2025, 8:06 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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map of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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