Trump Picks White House Adviser Heidi Overton to Lead FDA

U.S. President Donald Trump has selected White House health-policy adviser and physician Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a source familiar with the decision. Overton Set for FDA Leadership Overton currently serves as deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and previously worked at the conservative America […]

Developing: The CDC Resignations, and the Need for Institutional Reform

Developing: The CDC Resignations, and the Need for Institutional Reform

The exchange in leadership in the CDC, resignations and the need for institutional reform; and we ought to begin with some recapitulation. So, the institutional rot and systemic issues within the CDC came to a head as the CDC’s director, Susan Monarez, was fired a month into her job, followed by four other top CDC […]