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.

The states want the federal Food and Drug Administration to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the current limit of 10 weeks.

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)

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.

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,

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.

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.

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