Commissioner of Food and Drugs

They could just turn up the power.

But Maha Hardergoi, FDA Commissioner nominee, says every vaccine on the U.S. market is safe and effective.

Well, you take them all, I will take none.

I am not having any of it in government.

Also, horrifying news from the Bobby Kennedy Jr. HHS, the FDA.

The recent FDA nominee is affirming that all vaccines are safe and effective.

She was hit hard back by Mary Talley Bowden, challenging her on that.

We're gonna look at that as well.

And what do you think about all of this? We're also going to...

Look at recent actions from HHS.

Bobby Kennedy Jr. also completely gaslighting his base as well as his FDA nominee is now affirming that all vaccines are safe and effective for all people at all time.

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Now to policy that cuts across portfolios.

FDA Commissioner nominee Heidi Overton had her nomination hearing before the Senate HELP Committee yesterday.

She said the MMR vaccine is safe and effective.

On MyFepraStone, she called it safe and effective as currently labeled with its required safety program while noting an ongoing safety review.

Today is September 25th, 2026.

We're going to discuss the key takeaways from FDA Commissioner nominee Heidi Overton's confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

as well as look forward at her prospects for actually obtaining the job.

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To me, it seemed like she came in very prepared, how she handled the questions about vaccines.

It seems to me that she was quite prepared, but at the same time, it kind of felt that there were a lot of questions missing from the hearing.

If I compare it with the past FDA commissioners, so questions about OTC policy or direct-to-consumer ads, and now AI regulation.

But overall, the questions that were asked, whether it was about vaccines or Mifepristone or flavored vapes, it seemed like she was quite well prepared.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly.

On Capitol Hill in Washington, FDA Commissioner nominee Dr. Heidi Overton is questioned at a Senate confirmation hearing about vaccine safety and abortion pill availability.

Plus updates on two bills the Senate could consider before adjourning for the midterm elections on permitting reform and AI data center restrictions.

And the Justice Department holds a forum for victims and relatives of violent crime.

Cassidy, himself a physician, said the order was based on zero scientific evidence and would raise costs for families.

That reporting from Reuters.

After the opening statement by Senator Cassidy and the nominee, he asked her about vaccines.

You were standing behind President Trump when he called the MMR vaccine potentially quite lethal.

Not a single agentic AI has received FDA authorization, meanwhile nearly half of U.S. counties lack a cardiologist, and only a fraction of patients receive guideline-recommended care.

So our guest, Dr. Haider Waraj, is tackling these gaps at Upper Edge and a practicing cardiologist and former senior clinical advisor to the FDA commissioner.

He now leads the Efforts of Advocates program.

His mission is to build an FDA-ready, agent-AI clinician extender for cardiovascular disease designed with a rigorous supervisory layer for safety from day one.

And that was something that certainly I could not have anticipated when I first moved here.

I would say that the second big inflection point in my career was when I joined the FDA.

So I was asked to join the FDA as a senior advisor to the FDA commissioner, and my focus was on chronic disease.

But the problem that I saw in that role was that, first of all, it was very hard to get people to really care about chronic disease at that time, even though seven of the 10 most common causes of death were from chronic disease.

"However, this Department of Justice does not believe in regulation by prosecution." Well, if that doesn't leave you feeling completely reassured about who is policing the infant formula industry and the food system as a whole, here's one last factoid to really sour your mood.

Recognize the name Kyle Diamantas? Besides being Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddy, he is the current acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDA.

Now, guess what Mr. Diamantas used to do.

He was one of the corporate lawyers who defended Abbott in its NEC cases.