A Food and Drug Administration official who stepped down less than two weeks ago is getting his job back as the agency’s top vaccine regulator.

President Donald Trump has downplayed the influence of Laura Loomer, a right-wing provocateur known for her incendiary social media presence, in his administration’s decision-making.

Dr. Vinay Prasad is stepping down as the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator after a brief tenure.

The Food and Drug Administration named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program.

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines.

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F.

Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics have plunged again after the drugmaker reported a second death in connection with its gene therapy for muscular dystrophy.

Government advisers are split on whether drugmakers should update their COVID-19 vaccines to better protect Americans this fall and winter.

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.

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The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center.

An eight-year project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research has reached a conclusion.