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The lawsuit comes after a coalition sent letters to pharmacies, claiming that distribution of abortion pills in the mail would violate federal and state law.

In recent decades, the number of food additives has skyrocketed from about 800 to more than 10,000. A legal loophole in food safety law means companies can add them to foods with no government review.

Random tests of milk reveal that a few farmers are treating dairy cows with antibiotics that aren't supposed to be used on them. The FDA is now considering tighter controls to prevent such practices.

Megan Oberg had a rough time after her first two deliveries. One moment she'd be happy, in another, not really. And she said that's pretty typical. “Most…

Say cheese! That’s what Columbia-based NanovaBiomaterials Incorporated is doing after the Food and Drug Administration approved their first product, a…

Missouri will receive $693,000 as part of a nationwide settlement over the kidney transplant drug, Rapamune. Neighboring Illinois will get more than $1...

Missouri residents who have exhausted conventional disease cures will have access to experimental drugs under legislation signed on Monday by Gov . Jay...

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation barring people younger than 18 from buying electronic cigarettes while also exempting the nicotine…

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production. The Food and…

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production. In the wake of…