Senators Blast Cancelled Flu Shot Panel in FDA Pick Hearing (1)

Marty Makary, President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee US food and drug regulation, faced pointed questions in a Senate confirmation hearing over the government’s decision to cancel a key public meeting on flu shots.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican, said the Food and Drug Administration’s move threatens to undermine public confidence in government health policy, a key tenet of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans for the agency. The senator had pressed Kennedy on his vaccine views in his confirmation hearing.

“I think one of the laudable things about Secretary ...