Appearing before lawmakers on Thursday, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration defended the safety of established immunizations, even as senators pressed her on White House attempts to alter routine childhood vaccination schedules.
Dr. Heidi Overton, a physician serving as an adviser in the White House, has helped shape several health policies for the administration. Among them was an executive order signed last month recommending that long-standing childhood vaccines be separated and spaced out over time.
