FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
The reversal is the latest example of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to cost-cutting, which has resulted in several agencies firing, and then scrambling to rehire, employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.
Trump reinstates fired staff working on food and device safety, 9/11 program
Patient advocacy groups had decried the firings,  and lobbying groups rushed to save some slots that were in part funded by the private sector.
FDA aims to reinstate fired staffers
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices,
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.
FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division after mass layoffs
The Trump administration is reinstating some employees in the Food and Drug Administration's medical devices division after dozens were laid off as part of a government-wide cost-cutting initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency,
FDA rehires medical device staffers fired only days earlier
Like other agencies, the FDA terminations went to employees in their probationary period, typically the first two years of federal employment. But that approach resulted in the te
Drug compounders sue over weight loss drugs’ removal from FDA shortage list
A trade group representing compounding pharmacies has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ...
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Trump administration rehires some FDA employees it fired
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has started quietly rehiring some of the Food and Drug Administration employees it ...
Ozempic and Wegovy are no longer in shortage, FDA says
Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are no longer in shortage, the US Food and Drug Administration ...
Map Shows States With Listeria Cases as FDA Recalls Nutritional Shake
A nationwide recall of frozen nutritional shakes has been issued after a listeria outbreak tied to the drinks resulted in ...
Pfizer hires ex-FDA drug chief as top doctor
The former head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug division is joining Pfizer as its chief medical officer, the ...
US FDA, CDC investigating multi-state listeria outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were ...
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Trump administration rehiring nearly 300 FDA employees, delays ‘healthy’ label implementation
Those rehired by the Trump administration include at least 10 FDA staffers responsible for reviewing the safety of new food ...
FDA announces end to Wegovy and Ozempic drug shortages, but it could mean higher prices
The FDA has announced that the shortage of Wegovy and Ozempic, medications used for weight loss and diabetes management, is ...
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Listeria outbreak: Hospital supplement shakes recalled, 12 deaths reported
Supplement shakes distributed to hospitals and long-term care facilities have been recalled due to possible listeria contamination that is also linked to 12 deaths. The Food and Drug Administration ...