The news: The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, was pushed out of his position in recent days, according to media reports. Marks officially resigned, but was given the choice to step down or be fired, per the Wall Street Journal.
HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and just-confirmed FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary were behind the forced departure, Politico reported.
Marks oversaw the agency’s vaccine program and played an important role in Operation Warp Speed, the first Trump administration’s plan to manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines.