President Trump's FDA commissioner nom, Dr. Heidi Overton, faces Senators' questions

NPR | By Sydney Lupkin

Published September 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM AKDT

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Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.

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Sydney Lupkin

Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR, where she has reported on accelerated drug approvals whose confirmatory trials were overdue, Operation Warp Speed contract accountability, and the ripple effects of obesity drug shortages.

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