Cardiologist now heads Food and Drug Administration By Coral Beach  With a vote of 89-4 today, the Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Duke University professor has little experience in the food safety arena, but extensive experience as a cardiologist and researcher. Funding for some of that research came from big drug makers, including Eli Lily... Continue Reading
Sentencing reformers will be listening to DeCoster appeal panel By Dan Flynn  If those controversial Koch brothers and the conservative Heritage Foundation have their way, sentencing reform may soon require evidence of mens rea — criminal intent — before courts could convict defendants. Before Congress is likely to act on that reform, however, a three-judge panel in St. Paul, MN, will hear from two top appellate attorneys on a closely related... Continue Reading
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Health officials in Wisconsin and Minnesota are warning people to avoid eating fresh alfalfa sprouts from Jack & The Green Sprouts because they have been linked to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least nine people. The most recent illness began Feb. 1, but an epidemiologist with the Minnesota Department of Health said... 
The only thing that is certain about Utah House Bill 211 is that if it becomes law, escaping bison will have to jump higher. But then there's the question raised by the Salt Lake Tribune asserting that the role of the state veterinarian is being diminished, removing meat and poultry inspection from that office's preview.... 
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