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Cosmetic companies would have to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a federal rule proposed Thursday.

For consumers, the change will likely mean switching to alternatives, including nasal sprays or older oral decongestants that were moved behind the pharmacy counter almost two decades ago.

The Food and Drug Administration is implementing new rules to help consumers make healthier choices. News4 Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan has all the insights on what to look out for when grocery shopping. 

What does “healthy” mean? New guidelines for food labels focus on what we should eat, instead of what we shouldn’t.

Raw milk has not been pasteurized, a heating process that kills disease-causing germs.

Red food dye is commonly used in beverages, snacks and candies, but it’s come under scrutiny for possible links to cancer and behavioral problems in children.

A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.

A recent E. coli outbreak linked to organic, bagged carrots that has sickened nearly 40 people across 18 states has led other popular brands to recall vegetables because of possible contamination, including additional products sold at Whole Foods.

New rules require drugmakers to be clearer about explaining the risks and side effects of prescription drugs.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

The FDA said the proposed order is not final yet, which means companies can still market over-the-counter drugs containing oral phenylephrine for now.

Forty years after the Hatch-Waxman Act, which provided widespread access to affordable generic versions of medications, the market is struggling with persistent shortages brought about partly by low prices.

U.S. health inspectors are still struggling to address a massive backlog of pharmaceutical plants that went uninspected during disruptions caused by COVID-19. That’s according to an analysis of government data by the Associated Press. The data shows roughly 2,000 drug manufacturing sites around the world have not had a Food and Drug Administration inspection for quality since before the pandemic....

Youth vaping levels fell to the lowest in a decade this year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

Soon, doctors must tell their mammogram patients if they have dense breast tissue, a factor that can make it harder to detect breast cancer and put them at greater risk for cancer. The Food and Drug Administration released new standards in March of 2023 in an effort to help more women detect breast cancer sooner. The FDA gave providers until…

A D.C. woman who is a two-time breast cancer survivor says for a long time she didn’t know she had dense breast tissue. A new rule aims to provide more people with the knowledge about their breast density. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

There’s a new hope for people living with the rare blood disorder hemophilia B.  The FDA recently approved a new gene therapy treatment for those who suffer from the debilitating condition.  Dave Robinson, a 61-year-old IT consultant from Falls Church, Virginia, was born with the rare genetic blood disorder caused by an insufficient level of a protein known as...

A man from Falls Church, Virginia who was born with Hemophilia B shares his reaction towards a clinical trial for a single infusion that changed the course of his life and could help others like him. News4’s Eun Yang has the story. 

The FDA says the unapproved drugs can have some dangerous side effects.

Federal health officials have declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics announced the FDA’s decision on Friday.