Marty Makary

A spokeswoman for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the administration is returning to "pre-COVID telework arrangements for reviewers, whose read and write work output is tracked in 15-minute increments to ensure productivity and accountability."

The latest announcements mean nearly all of the FDA's senior officials have departed the agency in recent months.

Almost 40 years ago, Joseph Borzelleca published a study on the food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in January. But the researcher says the dye is safe

The FDA relies on food companies to determine whether their ingredients are safe. Europe is tougher. At least 950 substances in our food are not permitted there.

The FDA has relied on food companies for decades to determine whether their ingredients are safe. Some chemicals and additives are tied to health risks while others are absent from product labels.

'I don't know where it came from that seed oils are bad,' says one nutrition researcher

Should Marty Makary take the reins at the FDA, transitioning from gadfly to the head of an agency that regulates a fifth of the U.S. economy, he would have to engage in the thorny challenges of governing.

If confirmed, Makary would run one of the country's leading health agencies, overseeing the regulation of drugs, medical devices, and food.

At a hearing, Dr. Marty Makary, the nominee for F.D.A. commissioner, fielded questions focused on whether he would review or reopen certain policy areas.

Jim Jones, head of the FDA's food division, has resigned. The division is tasked with ensuring the safety of the U.S. food supply, overseeing inspections and recalls.

The journal's editorial board includes multiple scientists, such as Trump health nominees Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary, who opposed Covid public health measures.

This is a MedPage Today story. Many of President-elect Donald Trump's candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump's choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives. The picks hold different views on matters such as limits on…

President-elect Donald Trump continued his dizzying sprint to fill positions for his incoming administration.

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President-elect Donald Trump announced several key appointments for his upcoming administration Friday, including treasury and labor secretaries.

As federal health scientists await an unprecedented takeover by medical skeptics in the second Trump administration, some are said to be preparing résumés or retirement papers.

NYT reveals Olson-Kennedy withheld study results showing puberty blockers offer no mental health benefits for minors.

Ne-Yo said people who let their young children make 'life-children decisions' about their gender as minors have 'forgotten' their role as parents.

Two investigative stories highlighted peripheral artery disease treatment that left many patients with an amputation, the outcome they were told they could avoid.