Dr. David A. Kessler has outlined a legal path for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the food industry, while testing President Trump’s willingness to do so. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and ...

Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new book, “Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight” ...

Dr. David A. Kessler has always been in the business of keeping people healthy – but by his own admission, he hasn't always applied that to himself. Kessler's problem was with food. In medical school, ...

Former FDA chief Dr. David Kessler says the new weight-loss drugs are a powerful tool to fight obesity. But they come with pitfalls. Here's his... Dr. David A. Kessler has always been in the business ...

David A. Kessler, MD, served as commissioner of the FDA under Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He co-led Operation Warp Speed beginning in January 2021 and has been the dean of the ...