The US Food and Drug Administration has started the process of opening up its huge health databases to the public with a new initiative called openFDA. Members of the public are now able to search through nine years of drug adverse events and medication errors, submitted to the FDA between 2004 and 2013, where previously they had to submit Freedom of Information Act requests or complicated reports to access the data. The administration says the new project will help spur innovation, advance academic research, educate the public, and protect public health.
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