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FDA Rehires Vaccine Chief Ousted After Laura Loomer’s Public Pressure Campaign
The Food and Drug Administration has rehired the vaccine chief who resigned just two weeks ago. Dr. Vinay Prasad led the FDA’s vaccines and gene therapy division until he was forced to resign in late July after a public pressure campaign led by far-right activist Laura Loomer.
Laura Loomer blasts return of FDA vaccine chief she helped force out
Laura Loomer has reacted with anger after a Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) vaccine chief she criticized returned to the agency.
FDA official returns to agency after Loomer-led ouster
In late July, Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, said he was resigning because he “did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA.”
Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster
WASHINGTON — Vinay Prasad is returning to the Food and Drug Administration to resume his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy, and blood product regulation. “At the FDA’s request, Dr. Vinay Prasad is resuming leadership of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,” Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon told STAT on Saturday.
Ousted F.D.A. Vaccine Chief Returns to Agency
Dr. Vinay Prasad’s rehiring was an unusual instance of a federal official targeted by the right-wing activist Laura Loomer being brought back into the Trump administration.
Loomer Rages at Return of FDA Chief She Pushed Out Over ‘Voodoo’ Claims
Laura Loomer is apoplectic after the Food and Drug Administration moved to reinstate a chief science officer whose removal she had publicly lobbied for last month. Dr. Vinay Prasad, one of the agency’s top vaccine regulators,
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Trump Ally Laura Loomer Calls Vinay Prasad A ‘Marxist Trojan Horse’ After FDA Rehiring, Slams NASA For Dropping Isaacman
Prasad resigned from the FDA in July after backlash over his handling of Sarepta’s Elevidys gene therapy, which faced ...
Indian-origin Dr Vinay Prasad returns to FDA weeks after exit; Laura Loomer calls it 'egregious decision'
Dr Vinay Prasad, previously ousted from his FDA vaccine chief position due to criticism from Laura Loomer over past ...
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Vinay Prasad returns to FDA
The word from the FDA is that Prasad has come back at the request of the regulator's Commissioner, Marty Makary, who ...
Laura Loomer’s MAGA critics accuse her of being funded by Big Pharma
I do not work for Big Pharma. I work in support of President Trump on the outside of the administration,’ Loomer tells The ...
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He's Back: Vinay Prasad Returns As FDA CBER Head
Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, who was appointed to run the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) in May, then ...
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Vinay Prasad Returns To FDA Just Two Weeks After Firing
Dr. Vinay Prasad is back at the FDA less than two weeks after the White House pressed the head of the agency to remove him from his multiple agency leadership roles, an HHS spokesperson said Saturday.
Laura Loomer has the White House scrambling again — and she’s far from finished
Laura Loomer, the controversial far-right activist with a direct line to President Donald Trump, has taken credit for a slew ...
What is Laura Loomer?
There are lots of MAGA influencers, but only one who’s mastered the art of IRL trolling — and it’s an instinct that got her ...
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Laura Loomer Is Getting a Taste of Her Own Medicine
As Laura Loomer wields a terrifying amount of power, other far-right influencers are accusing her of being a “plant.” ...