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Folic Acid Fortified Food Linked To Decline In Congenital Heart Defects

DALLAS, Aug. 29, 2016 -- Food fortified with folic acid, a B vitamin required in human diets for numerous biological functions, was associated with reduced rates of congenital heart defects,…

Capricious California: Coffee Won"t Have A Prop 65 Warning, Which Means Few Products Should

After attracting scorn with bizarre classifications of a weedkiller, bacon, and hot tea, the French statistics group known as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) decided to…

Vaping Replaced Cigarettes, And That Is A Public Health Win

Early this year, I testified at FDA in support of approval for a new smoking cessation tool called iQOS.

Like Influenza, SARS-CoV-2 Could Evolve Resistance To COVID-19 Vaccines

With the third coronavirus pandemic of the last 17 years, and this one worse than ever, there is a great deal of talk about a vaccine. Pfizer set off a lot of excitement with its preliminary results,…

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Folic Acid Fortified Food Linked To Decline In Congenital Heart Defects

Capricious California: Coffee Won"t Have A Prop 65 Warning, Which Means Few Products Should

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