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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Martin Makary as FDA commissioner and Jay Bhattacharya as NIH director. Makary was confirmed in a 56-44 vote, with three Democratic senators — Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) — voting alongside Republicans to confirm him. Bhattacharya was confirmed in a 53-47 vote along party lines.
During his confirmation hearing, Makary, a pancreatic cancer surgeon and health...
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