A Texas judge has allowed three states to move forward with a legal challenge seeking to impose stricter rules on the abortion pill mifepristone, reigniting the battle over medication abortion access in the U.

The Republican-led states of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone in the United States, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday.

Red No. 3 is a synthetic color additive that companies put into food, drinks and drugs to give them a bright red, cherry color. It has been linked to cancer.

Here's what FDA found during an inspection at the Colorado facility linked to an E. coli outbreak at McDonald's: wet and dirty equipment, not much handwashing, and sanitizing chemicals potentially winding up on ready-to-eat produce. ( CBS News)

On 15 January 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will revoke the color additive authorization for use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food (including dietary supplements) and ingestible drugs.

Statesman columnist Bridget Grumet speaks about her trip to Delaware to investigate the access Texas women have to abortion by mail.

Tobacco companies secured interim relief from a federal court in East Texas, which enjoined the FDA from enforcing a 2020 rule that replaces the Tobacco Control Act’s nine health warnings with 11 new ones,

The states of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri made the request in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas. The only judge based there is Matthew Kacsmaryk, a nominee of former President Donald Trump who previously ruled in favor of a challenge to the pill’s approval.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from enforcing a looming requirement that cigarette packages and advertisements contain graphic warnings illustrating the health risks of smoking.

Walmart has recalled more than 2,000 cases of Great Value Family Size Chicken Broth sold in Texas and eight other states.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from enforcing a looming requirement that cigarette packages and advertisements contain graphic warnings illustrating the hea