Obama Nominates Former New York City Health Chief Hamburg As FDA Commissioner, Baltimore Health Commissioner ... (Medical News Today)
President Obama in his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday said that he would nominate former New York City Health Commissioner Margaret Hamburg as FDA commissioner and Baltimore Health Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein as the agency's principal deputy commissioner, the New York Times reports (Harris, New York Times, 3/15).

FDA Approved First DNA Test For Two Types Of Human Papillomavirus (Medical News Today)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first DNA test that identifies the two types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause the majority of cervical cancers among women in the United States. The test, called Cervista HPV 16/18, detects the DNA sequences for HPV type 16 and HPV type 18 in cervical cells.