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Judge making morning-after pill available to all
In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year politics trump science, a federal judge ruled Friday that women of any age should be able to buy emergency contraception without a doctor's prescription.
By Larry Neumeister and Lauran Neergaard , April 05, 2013
FDA clears first new weight-loss pill in 13 years
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade.
By Associated Press , June 28, 2012
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FDA to investigate if inhalable caffeine is safe for consumers
U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand it as a dietary supplement.
By Rodrique Ngowi , February 19, 2012
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Low levels of fungicide in orange juice confirmed by FDA 
The Food and Drug Administration says it has confirmed low levels of an illegal fungicide in orange juice samples taken from Florida manufacturers.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , February 02, 2012
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FDA says Johnson & Johnson erred in reporting insulin pump problems
Federal regulators have warned Johnson & Johnson that it could face fines and other sanctions for selling faulty insulin pumps and delaying disclosures of serious injuries to diabetics who used them. The Food and Drug Administration ordered J&J's Animas Corp. unit to promptly provide a plan to rectify its failure to report within 30 days cases where its device may have caused or contributed to death or serious injury.
By Linda A. Johnson , January 11, 2012
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Obama to order FDA to help reduce drug shortages
President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging. Patient deaths have been blamed on the shortages.
By Jim Kuhnhenn , October 31, 2011
FDA says dirty equipment led to cantaloupe listeria outbreak
Pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean equipment at a Colorado farm's cantaloupe-packing facility were probably to blame for the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , October 19, 2011
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