Food and Drug Administration
  • The FDA warned that using a shorter name for Roche's new breast cancer drug Kadcyla may lead to the treatment being confused with an older therapy.

    LAST UPDATE : May 06, 2013, 12:50 PM EDT
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  • packaging for their Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet, undated

    Reproductive rights groups criticized Obama's decision to appeal a court order lifting age limits on purchasers of the morning-after pill.

    LAST UPDATE : May 02, 2013, 11:45 AM EDT
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  • A federal judge is siding with two California advocacy groups in ruling that the Food and Drug Administration must set a new timetable to implement delayed food safety reforms.

    LAST UPDATE : Apr 23, 2013, 6:35 PM EDT
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  • U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (C) speaks during a press conference calling for passage of mental health legislation on Capitol Hill on April 9 , 2013

    President Barack Obama's proposed 2014 budget proposes $130 million in funding for mental health services and additional funding for research into gun violence.

    LAST UPDATE : Apr 11, 2013, 5:31 PM EDT
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  • Doctors use the da Vinci robotic system for surgery

    The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci.

    LAST UPDATE : Apr 09, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT
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