In today’s Health Alert, the holidays are here, along with vibrant festive treats. But the artificial food dye giving so many sweets and drinks their bright red color may soon be banned by the FDA.

In their quest for safe, mass-producible artificial blood, geneticists have long struggled. Our limited knowledge of genetic pathways that govern the development of blood has kept us from producing ...

The Food and Drug Administration may finally move to ban artificial red food dye, the coloring found in beverages, snacks, cereals and candies. At the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...