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Trump Nominates Heidi Overton, a Top Domestic Policy Aide, for F.D.A. Commissioner
President Trump announced on Wednesday that he had nominated Dr. Heidi Overton, a White House domestic policy official and a proponent of the administration’s Make America Healthy Again agenda, to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, an agency that has had significant staff turnover and political interference in recent months.
In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump called Dr. Overton “a ROCKSTAR in my Administration.” He said he needed her leadership at the F.D.A. to “ensure that the U.S. remains the WORLD LEADER for Scientific Discovery and CURES.” He also said he expected her to deliver on his priorities, including clinical trial reforms and lower drug prices.
Last week, Dr. Overton stood alongside President Trump as he signed a third executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccinations, which has no legal power and has been broadly criticized by public health experts.
Vaccine Miscarriage Risk: Another ‘Serious Scandal’ for Dr. Fauci
Revelations that Dr. Anthony Fauci knew about potential miscarriage risks from COVID-19 vaccines is a serious scandal, according to two-thirds of voters. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 66% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is a serious scandal that Fauci knew of the risks while publicly insisting there were “no red flags” for pregnant women getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
That includes 48% who say it’s a Very Serious scandal. Twenty-seven percent (27%) don’t think it’s a serious scandal, including 15% who consider it Not At All Serious. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Text messages obtained by the Senate Homeland Security Committee show that Fauci was aware of concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine could be linked to miscarriages in expectant mothers.
Despite such potential risks, some employers made vaccination mandatory as a condition of employment. Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters say they got a COVID-19 vaccination as a result of such a compulsory order, while 63% did not.
Former CDC Advisor Says Decline in Kindergarten Vaccinations Nothing to Worry About: ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’
Recent data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates fell slightly in the 2025-2026 school year.
Former vice chair of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Dr. Robert Malone told Fox News Digital the drop is nothing to be concerned about.
The CDC on Monday released vaccination data for the 2025-2026 school year showing a 0.1% decline in vaccination coverage among children entering kindergarten and an increase in parents claiming vaccine exemptions for their children. Malone, however, downplayed the significance of the decline.
“The latest CDC data indicates a 0.1% year-in-year decline in the uptake or acceptance of the vaccine schedule among kindergartners. In certain contexts, the average across the United States shows roughly a 1% shift. Regardless, we are still talking about a very low single-digit lack of compliance with the CDC’s recommended vaccine schedule,” Malone, an accredited physician and veteran scientist, told Fox News Digital.
Thousands of Beagles Bred for Research Get a New Life as Questions Mount Over Federal Oversight
The final 155 beagles from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin facility that bred dogs for biomedical research, are beginning new lives after being relocated to a Florida rescue — the last of more than 2,000 dogs released from the facility this year.
Despite a growing push to reduce animal testing, USDA records show that more than 37,000 dogs were used in U.S. research last year. Many research dogs come from commercial breeding facilities regulated under the federal Animal Welfare Act as well as state animal-welfare and licensing laws. But a CBS News investigation found a stark disparity between state and federal regulatory findings at Ridglan — raising questions about federal government oversight at these facilities.
Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection investigated Ridglan between 2024 and 2025 and identified 494 violations, with several pertaining to dogs being handled in a practicable and humane manner.
CDC Asks Staff to Volunteer to Help With Ebola Screenings at Airports Amid DRC Outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent an “urgent request” to its workforce to recruit personnel to help screen passengers coming from Central Africa for any potential signs of Ebola illness, according to an internal email to staff obtained by ABC News
The email was sent by acting CDC Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. An HHS official confirmed the authenticity of the letter to ABC News. Last week, the CDC temporarily barred entry of non-U.S. citizen travelers who had previously visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the last 21 days.
Any travelers entering the United States from these countries would need to travel to a designated airport. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that New York’s JFK International Airport is being added to the list of designated airports, alongside Dulles International outside Washington, D.C.; Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta; and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
