The FDA under the leadership of Acting Commissioner Kyle Diamantas is poised to eliminate access to compounded natural desiccated thyroid. For patients who depend on individualized thyroid treatment, the consequences could be devastating. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new statement […]
Vaccine choice only works when government recommendations, evidence, and potential conflicts are communicated clearly and consistently with sufficient transparency. Recent and past comments by HHS Secretary Kennedy don’t meet these standards and likely exacerbate public confusion and polarization. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE During a contentious CNN interview, HHS Secretary […]
FDA’s proposed GRAS reform could deliver long-overdue transparency to what’s in America’s food supply—but unless the agency modernizes its approach to natural ingredients, consumers may pay the price in reduced innovation, choice, and access. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE With GRAS reform being a headline priority for Secretary […]
A sweeping new Executive Order could significantly reshape childhood vaccine policy by prioritizing individualized recommendations, parental choice, flexible scheduling, and new scrutiny of vaccine safety. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE President Trump’s August 10 executive order, “Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans,” marks a significant change in federal […]
A one-month bridge may keep full-spectrum hemp products legal long enough for Congress to act. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE A federal hemp ban is still barreling toward consumers, farmers, and small businesses later this year. Congress is now offering a brief delay on that ban while more permanent fixes are considered. We need to make […]
A key FDA advisory panel just handed patients and integrative practitioners a rare win. But the agency still has the power to ignore it. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE At a July 23-24 meeting, the Food and Drug Administration’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) voted to recommend that […]
The FDA has delayed a major food safety rule that could reshape which ingredients make it into foods, supplements, medical foods, and natural health products. The delay gives consumers more time to demand reform that improves safety without restricting access to beneficial ingredients. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE […]
A major doctors’ group is calling for Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sweeping new power over dietary supplements. If they get their way, the vitamins, minerals, botanicals, probiotics, and specialty formulas millions of Americans rely on could be treated more like drugs than foods. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version […]
For years, Americans who questioned vaccine safety, the childhood schedule, natural immunity, or informed consent were dismissed as anti-science. Now the federal government, under RFK Jr.’s leadership, is acknowledging that these issues belong on the table. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE The renewed National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) charter, filed […]
For years, the FDA’s approach to compounded peptides has looked less like careful regulation and more like a campaign to eliminate patient access to products that compete with Big Pharma. There may at last be reason for cautious optimism. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this story: THE TOPLINE For too long, patients […]