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Baby Sleep Supplement Recalled After FDA Finds Alcohol in Bottles
Pacific Health Sciences is recalling Babies’ Magic Tea Baby Sleep Gripe Water, a liquid supplement for babies, after testing by the FDA found it contained methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol alcohol.
According to the FDA, it measured approximately 8.3% ethanol, 0.35% methanol, and 0.48% isopropanol in the bottles. That ethanol level is in the range of a strong craft beer, and should not be in a product made for infants. Methanol is a poison that can cause blindness, organ damage, and death when swallowed in large enough amounts.
The FDA notice says the substances may pose a risk depending on how much is consumed and the age and body weight of the child using the product. The company reports no adverse events tied to this lot so far. How the alcohol got into the bottles is unknown. The notice also does not say how many bottles reached customers, only that they were distributed to Secrets of Tea, which sold them through its own website and other online retailers, including Amazon.
WHO Officials Say Unclear How Russia Plague Lab Worker Died, Call for More Information
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it does not currently have enough information from Russian authorities to conduct a full risk assessment after the death of a plague laboratory worker in Siberia.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said during a press conference that following media reports of the worker’s death, the WHO asked the Russian Federation on Saturday for more information, in accordance with the International Health Regulations (IHR).
The Russian Federation replied on Tuesday, saying no case of plague had recently been reported in the Irkutsk oblast, in southeastern Siberia, and that about 200 contacts had been placed in quarantine.
New CDC Director Is Eager to Change Its Culture
The Wall Street Journal reported:
Newly installed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Erica Schwartz said she wants to change a culture of “paternalism” at her agency.
Americans need to be better informed about how and why the CDC makes its recommendations, and the agency needs to be willing to listen to people’s concerns, she said.
“There is a sense of paternalism that we have had at the CDC,” Schwartz said. “It shouldn’t be this black box that we say, ‘Verily thou shalt, and then that’s the answer.’”
Schwartz made the comments Wednesday at a Wall Street Journal Future of Health event in Washington, D.C.
Democrats Plot a Midterms Push for MAHA Voters
Democrats are building bridges to a major new constituency: the Make America Healthy Again voter. As the midterms near, leaders across the party have been meeting with MAHA activists, discussing potential openings with consultants, and rolling out food and environmental agendas meant to entice these voters.
But the MAHA agenda Democrats are offering differs from that of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the leader of the movement. Left-leaning candidates are focusing on food and disregarding one of Kennedy’s signature (if relatively fringe, according to pollsters) issues: vaccine injuries.
Trump AI Task Force Stacked With Members Close to Tech Industry
President Donald Trump’s new artificial intelligence task force is packed with members possessing deep industry ties, a Bloomberg Government analysis found, a shared trait the administration has touted as a benefit but one that is drawing scrutiny over potential conflicts.
At least five members of the force, including three of its four lead officials, have past financial or professional ties to the AI sector, while at least one member has ongoing industry associations.
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, who was tapped to lead Trump’s so-called “Super Intelligence Force,” previously served as chair and lead independent director for Apollo Global Management, a major asset management firm that has invested heavily in data centers. Clayton left the firm in April 2025 to become US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, but its activity in the data center space predated his departure.
Lawsuit Seeks Answers on EPA’s Abandoned CAFO Pollution Panel
US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
The lawsuit, filed by the advocacy group Food & Water Watch, alleges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to fulfill Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking communication between the agency and industry groups about the EPA’s Animal Agriculture and Water Quality Subcommittee disbanding.
The subcommittee was created in 2023 in response to a petition asking the agency to bolster its Clean Water Act oversight of concentrated animal feeding operations, CAFOs, which generate massive amounts of manure that can pollute rivers and lakes with nitrates, phosphorus, bacteria, antibiotics and other contaminants.
EPA Administrator Announces Proposal to Roll Back Methane Emission Rules
New Mexico was the backdrop for a major federal announcement, with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency unveiling big proposed changes to fossil fuel industry rules. The EPA’s top administrator, Lee Zeldin, unveiled the plan in Santa Fe on Wednesday, in front of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association.
The feds are looking to roll back Biden-era methane regulations, saying it’s about balancing the environment and economic growth. “While leaning heavily into responsibly tapping into your own resources, New Mexico deeply cares about being a strong steward of your beautiful environment.
The Trump EPA is here today to offer our hand with both. And to help us prove, and for us to help you prove, that growing our economy and protecting our environment is no longer a binary choice,” said Zeldin.
