FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in shake-up
The Food and Drug Administration's top drug official is leaving in the latest shake-up at the powerful health agency.
Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg said in a social media post late Friday that she was fired from the FDA. She had been leading efforts scrutinizing antidepressants, COVID-19 vaccines and other therapies at FDA. Her departure follows the resignation of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary earlier in the week.
The FDA has been rocked for months by layoffs, leadership upheavals and scientific controversies.
Hoeg and Makary both came to the agency as medical contrarians and critics of COVID-19 health measures.
That stance aligned with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda.
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