Vaping company Juul Labs on Friday received federal permission to sell an updated version of its e-cigarette, which includes an optional age-verification system designed to prevent underage use. The decision from the Food and Drug Administration allows the company to sell a new version of its top-selling vaping device for the first time since it…
Washington — President Trump on Wednesday announced he’s nominating Dr. Heidi Overton, a physician and deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy at the White House, to be the next head of the Food and Drug Administration. Overton, who earned her doctor of medicine from the University of New Mexico, has worked closely with…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of four new flavored nicotine pouch products this week, bringing to 30 the number of such products the FDA has recently greenlit after considering the public health impact. Tuesday’s decision on pouches from the brand “on!” is the latest in a series of steps by the Trump…
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in American women — and a growing share of new cases are in women who’ve never smoked. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was one of those women. A non-smoker, she died nearly two years ago of lung cancer at age 56. It was such a shock….
She can command a stadium crowd, but spend some time with Shania Twain and you’ll see she may be most herself with the horses. “I just love being with them,” she said. “I ride in my pajamas in the mornings! … It’s just a great escape.” Shania Twain and Seth Doane riding in Hyde…
