STAT+: Fed-up and demoralized, FDA staff are leaving.
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You\u2019re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT\u2019s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine.\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.<\/em><\/p>\n Between innings of the July 4 Chesapeake Baysox game against the Richmond Flying Squirrels there was a bubble-bump competition, a violin rendition of God Bless America played by an on-duty cop, and a game in which kids armed with pool noodles beat a guy in a bug costume. After the game, fireworks. (Baysox lost, 1-6, after twice stranding runners with bases loaded. Grrr.) How did you celebrate Independence Day? Tip jar: John.Wilkerson@statnews.com<\/a> or via Signal at John_Wilkerson.07.<\/p>\n FDA staff are sick and tired, Lizzy Lawrence reports<\/a>. They\u2019re sick of the agency\u2019s politicization, and tired of losing experienced staff while trying to maintain the quality of product reviews and facility inspections.\u00a0<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nDowntrodden FDA staff<\/h2>\n