01 Oct, 2026

FDA nominee Heidi Overton hearing: Vaccines, vapes, and China

WASHINGTON — Heidi Overton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, was grilled by senators on hot button topics like China, vaccines, and abortion access in her hearing before the committee that will decide whether to send her nomination for a vote of the full Senate. Throughout the two-hour hearing, Overton, a […]

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Childhood vaccines under scrutiny from Kennedy’s ACIP panel

WASHINGTON — Federal vaccine advisers, in a freewheeling and sometimes combative two-day meeting, recommended a major change in childhood immunizations that flies in the face of medical consensus — and began laying the groundwork for a broader overhaul in the future. New recommendations and many arguments about U.S. vaccination strategies overlook vast amounts of data […]

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The NIH denunciator on vaccines says that “history should be told”

Megan Molteni reports the discoveries of the borders of genomic medicine, neuroscience and reproductive technology. She joined Stat in 2021 after covering health and science in Wired. You can reach Megan on the signal at Mmolteni.13. The complaints of denunciation of two former national health officials offer their accounts on targeting the science of vaccines […]

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