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A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Potent rhino pills outlast anything — even the arrest of their creator

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A butcher wears a mask and gloves as he works to deconstruct a lamb while at Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop in Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Under attack for its response to the coronavirus pandemic, OSHA is playing catch-up

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An activist shows sex workers how to apply hand sanitizer during an awareness campaign to promote safe measures against the spread of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. (Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images)

String of fatal poisonings from ingestion of toxic hand sanitizer highlights limits of FDA powers

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Man's hand holding a glass with transparent liquid (water or liquor), inside an airplane (Getty Images)

DOT wants to weaken its own power to penalize airlines over consumer complaints

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Coronavirus stimulus funds are being mistakenly tossed as junk mail

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On the prowl for bogus claims about coronavirus treatments, the FDA targets miracle mineral solution

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Precious keepsake or needless risk? Ultrasound businesses peddle fetal photos to anxious parents

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Traffic on the northbound and the southbound lanes of the Interstate 405 freeway near Los Angeles International Aiprort (Getty/Kevork Djansezian)

Report card for the states rates those with best and worst laws to cut traffic deaths

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Boxed in: Dollar Tree, the giant discount chain, cited for job safety violations at dozens of stores

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In this April 17, 2010 file photo, a Toyota emblem is seen on a car during the Denver Auto Show in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

In echo of a notorious safety scandal, Toyota has settled hundreds of sudden acceleration cases

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