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Trump administration health leadership on life support

A photo of the lawn sign at FDA headquarters with a blue sky above it.
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A leadership vacuum at the FDA hits crisis mode as the Trump administration scrambles to replace departing senior officials and restore stability.

With Marty Makary out as top regulator after more than a year of internal upheaval, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confronting a leadership gap bordering on a crisis of the Trump administration’s own making. The administration is now scrambling to accelerate efforts to recruit a new

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