The federal agency introduced Elsa last month, boasting about the AI tool's ability to increase efficiency at the FDA.

But three of those FDA employees told CNN that Elsa just makes up nonexistent studies, something commonly referred to in AI ...

FDA officials say the assistant is flawed, just as the Trump administration stresses AI adoption in healthcare.

Insiders tell CNN the FDA’s AI is “hallucinating” studies and can’t access key documents. Agency leaders insist the AI is ...

But just hours after employees were shown the door, Barclay Butler, the agency’s new chief operating officer, asked top FDA officials to identify employees to keep working for the next two ...

Loss of support staff has slowed critical investigations of drug manufacturers. Little relief has materialized.

FDA commissioners aren’t typically involved in the agency’s day-to-day medical reviews, but they often serve as a buffer between FDA scientists and political forces elsewhere in government.

FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File ...

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration largely sidestepped questions Thursday from senators about how he would handle numerous. ... agency layoffs and other issues.

FDA nominee sidesteps questions on abortion pill, agency layoffs and other issues A professor at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Marty Makary is known for his contrarian views and previously called ...