Politico November 19, 2025
The health secretary and his FDA chief, Marty Makary, can’t agree on how to proceed with vaccine safety studies.
A top aide to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is locked in a power struggle with his boss and the White House over vaccine policy and personnel, according to two senior administration officials.
For now, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, still has his job, but the dispute — which centers on how the agency will examine vaccine side effects — is unresolved, the officials said. Both were granted anonymity to discuss confidential deliberations.
Tensions over Makary’s management of the FDA have simmered for months, but Kennedy is reluctant to be more forceful with his demands...
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