Trump’s NIH and FDA nominees advance to full Senate vote
Two of President Donald Trump’s key public health nominations advanced at the committee level Thursday morning, moving them ...
CDC nominee to face questions about measles outbreak, vaccine policy
Dave Weldon will likely be questioned about a measles infections, a plan to study a debunked link between vaccines and autism ...
US FDA's top lawyer Hilary Perkins resigns two days into role
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's chief counsel, Hilary Perkins, has resigned, the federal agency said in a post on ...
Senate panel OKs Makary’s nomination as FDA commissioner
The Senate Committee on Health, Labor and Pensions voted Thursday to approve Marty Makary as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He will likely be confirmed in the full Senate.
CDC nominee withdrawn
Former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon will get his moment before the Senate HELP Committee today as it considers his nomination to ...
CDC Nomination Hearing Cancelled Minutes Before Start
A Senate committee on Thursday morning cancelled a nomination hearing for Dave Weldon, the former congressman with a history ...
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New CDC Leadership Highly Unlikely to End Its Nicotine Misinformation
As a confirmation hearing for a new CDC head approaches, its shameful record of impeding smoking cessation will almost ...
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Federal health officials want to hear from you about vaccines. Give them an earful.
If the FDA and CDC sit on their hands, next season the flu shot will be a lot more expensive, if you can find it at all. That’s a deadly proposition. News that federal health officials canceled ...
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100 fired CDC employees press RFK Jr. to rehire them, citing shifting guidance
In a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 100 former CDC employees say due process was not followed in firing them and seek reinstatement.