Trump says without proof that FDA deep state slowing Covid trials
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump says without proof that FDA deep state slowing Covid trials

India Today  

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday accused members of the “deep state” at the Food and Drug Administration, without providing evidence, of working to slow testing of COVID-19 vaccines until after the November presidential election. In a Twitter post, Trump said the deep state “or whoever” at the FDA was making it very difficult for drug companies to enroll people in clinical trials to test vaccines and therapies for the novel coronavirus. The comment came after Reuters exclusively reported on Thursday that a top FDA official said he would resign if the Trump administration approved a vaccine before it was shown to be safe and effective. Trump often uses Twitter to criticize federal agencies, sometimes accusing them of being controlled by the “deep state” in an apparent reference to long-serving staff who, in Trump’s eyes, are determined to undermine his agenda.

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Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

Associated Press  

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. Trump, in a statement Tuesday evening, said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his …

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH
4 weeks ago

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH

NPR  

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health researcher, to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health. "I don't think that Jay Bhattacharya belongs anywhere near the NIH, much less in the director's office," says Angela Rasmussen, …

Trump fills out his key public health roles
1 month ago

Trump fills out his key public health roles

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article was first published on November 22. Trump, for his part, said on the campaign trail that he would let Kennedy “go wild on health.” US surgeon general Also known as “the nation’s doctor,” the surgeon general is a medical doctor who focuses on educating and advising Americans on how to improve their …

Trump’s promises to overhaul health agencies with RFK met with optimism and dismay
1 month ago

Trump’s promises to overhaul health agencies with RFK met with optimism and dismay

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Others, like Dr Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC, have praised Trump for …

Trump warned his second term would mean ‘retribution’. His alarming cabinet picks show he means it
1 month ago

Trump warned his second term would mean ‘retribution’. His alarming cabinet picks show he means it

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump’s first wave of cabinet nominations and White House appointments, within the week after …

America will soon discover how real the ‘deep state really is': columnist
1 month, 1 week ago

America will soon discover how real the ‘deep state really is': columnist

Raw Story  

Donald Trump’s promise to tear down the federal bureaucracy could deliver major consequences for public health organizations across the United States, but his efforts will simultaneously expose how “resilient the deep state really is,” which a columnist argued Monday is “actually much more benign” than the president-elect believes. While there “really is a deep state” operating within the federal health …

Trump’s close advisers urge him to make PSA to persuade his followers to get the Covid-19 vaccine
3 years, 7 months ago

Trump’s close advisers urge him to make PSA to persuade his followers to get the Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

CNN — With polls showing that about half of Republicans are unenthusiastic about getting a Covid-19 vaccine, some of former President Donald Trump’s advisers are encouraging him to make a public service announcement urging his followers to roll up their sleeves, according to two former senior Trump administration officials. “Vaccines are widely regarded as one of Trump’s greatest accomplishments, and …

With an imminent vaccine, Trump betrayed his central promise to the country
4 years ago

With an imminent vaccine, Trump betrayed his central promise to the country

Raw Story  

Welcome to another edition of What Fresh Hell?, Raw Story’s roundup of news items that might have become controversies under another regime, but got buried – or were at least under-appreciated – due to the daily firehose of political pratfalls, unhinged tweet storms and other sundry embarrassments coming out of the current White House. ***** House Democrats say they have …

White House threatens FDA chief’s job over vaccine approval
4 years ago

White House threatens FDA chief’s job over vaccine approval

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hours before the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVD-19 vaccine late Friday, a high-ranking White House official told the agency’s chief he could face firing if the vaccine was not cleared by day’s end, two administration officials said. President Donald Trump said late Friday that Pfizer had “passed the gold standard of safety” and hailed the …

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told FDA chief Stephen Hahn vaccine must be authorized Friday or he needs to resign
4 years ago

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told FDA chief Stephen Hahn vaccine must be authorized Friday or he needs to resign

CNN  

Washington CNN — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn he needed to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of Friday, and if not, he would have to resign, an administration official and a source familiar with the situation tell CNN. A White House official …

Trump takes another vaccine victory lap as US COVID-19 cases rise
4 years ago

Trump takes another vaccine victory lap as US COVID-19 cases rise

Al Jazeera  

The US president also continued to insist, without any evidence, that he won the presidential election. As coronavirus cases and deaths continue to surge in the United States, President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Tuesday, crediting his administration’s Operation Warp Speed programme for contributing to the quick development of a vaccine. Pfizer and another vaccine developer, Moderna, were …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bogus claims about Biden win, vaccine
4 years, 1 month ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bogus claims about Biden win, vaccine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is rebelling against Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election with denial, delay and outright misrepresentation. A review of the past week’s claims: VACCINE DISTRIBUTION TRUMP, on Pfizer’s announcement: “As soon as April, the vaccine will be available to the entire general population with the exception of places like New York state where for …

Andrew Cuomo responds to Trump’s threat to not send vaccine to New York: ‘He tries to bully people’
4 years, 1 month ago

Andrew Cuomo responds to Trump’s threat to not send vaccine to New York: ‘He tries to bully people’

CNN  

CNN — New York Gov. “He tries to bully people – he tries to bully governors, he uses government as a retaliatory tool,” Cuomo told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room,” adding that “I’m not going to let a bully push New Yorkers around, period.” In his first public appearance since his election defeat was projected, Trump singled out …

Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic

Firstpost  

The facts of Trump’s experience with coronavirus, including how how quickly it sickened him to the point of requiring intensive medical care, are the best tools to fight the misinformation campaign against COVID-19 Something momentous happened late last week, a brief pinprick of clarity piercing through the haze: President Donald Trump finally showed Americans the truth about the coronavirus. But …

FDA COVID-19 vaccine advisors will push for two months of safety data before approval
4 years, 2 months ago

FDA COVID-19 vaccine advisors will push for two months of safety data before approval

Daily Mail  

The vaccine advisory committee at the US Food and Drug Administration has recommended that any coronavirus jab have two months of safety data before being approved for Emergency Use Authorization. The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has published guidelines recommending that any coronavirus vaccine have two months of safety data before being app roved for Emergency Use …

Trump Administration Blocks New FDA Coronavirus Vaccine Standards
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump Administration Blocks New FDA Coronavirus Vaccine Standards

Slate  

The Trump administration is blocking the Food and Drug Administration from issuing new standards that any coronavirus vaccine candidate must meet in order to warrant emergency authorization. “A main sticking point has been the recommendation that volunteers who have participated in vaccine clinical trials be followed for a median of two months after the final dose before any authorization is …

White House could veto FDA’s vaccine rules, says Trump
4 years, 3 months ago

White House could veto FDA’s vaccine rules, says Trump

Hindustan Times  

President Donald Trump signalled that he could veto any tightening of US rules for the emergency clearance of a coronavirus vaccine, a move that could increase concerns that the race to find a Covid-19 shot is being politicized ahead of the presidential election. Trump said it “sounds like a political move” when asked whether the FDA was considering stricter standards …

US President Donald Trump says may block stricter FDA guidelines for coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

US President Donald Trump says may block stricter FDA guidelines for coronavirus vaccine

India Today  

US President Donald Trump has said that he may or may not approve any new, more stringent FDA standards for an emergency authorisation of a coronavirus vaccine, saying such a proposal would appear political. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would issue the guidance to boost transparency and public trust as health experts have …

Trump claims White House can overrule FDA’s attempt to toughen guidelines for coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump claims White House can overrule FDA’s attempt to toughen guidelines for coronavirus vaccine

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the White House could override the US Food and Drug Administration if the agency released tougher standards for the authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine, casting such a move as “political.” His comments come as the FDA considers new Covid-19 vaccine guidelines that would likely push an authorization beyond Election Day, according …

Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump
4 years, 3 months ago

Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump

The Hindu  

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday that while he trusts what scientists say about a potential coronavirus vaccine, he doesn’t trust President Donald Trump. Coronavirus | India has key vaccine role: Anthony Fauci Mr. Biden, speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, after being briefed by public health experts about a potential vaccine, cited Mr. Trump’s “incompetence and dishonesty” surrounding the …

Coronavirus | Donald Trump says vaccine could be ready in a month
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus | Donald Trump says vaccine could be ready in a month

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that a COVID-19 vaccine may be available within a month but added that the pandemic could go away by itself. “We’re within weeks of getting it you know — could be three weeks, four weeks.” Only hours earlier, speaking to Fox News, Mr. Trump had said a vaccine could come in “four weeks, …

Trump rebukes CDC chief for his cautions on a coronavirus vaccine and masks
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump rebukes CDC chief for his cautions on a coronavirus vaccine and masks

LA Times  

President Trump contradicted one of his administration’s top scientists and announced Wednesday that widespread distribution of a coronavirus vaccine would begin as early as next month, further rattling the scientific and public health communities and stoking rival Joe Biden’s claim that Trump can’t be trusted to oversee development of a safe vaccine. For a vaccine to be “fully available to …

Apology, no firing: Official said US scientists hurt Trump
4 years, 3 months ago

Apology, no firing: Official said US scientists hurt Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Trump health appointee who is accused of trying to muzzle an important scientific publication in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic apologized Tuesday for a separate video in which he reportedly says scientists battling the virus are conspiring against President Donald Trump and warns of shooting in America if Trump loses the election. Then on Monday came …

Wouldn't trust Donald Trump's word on COVID vaccine's safety before 3 November election, says Kamala Harris
4 years, 3 months ago

Wouldn't trust Donald Trump's word on COVID vaccine's safety before 3 November election, says Kamala Harris

Firstpost  

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this week told states to be ready to distribute a coronavirus vaccine by 1 November Washington: Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said in comments released Saturday that if a coronavirus vaccine is available before November’s election, she would not take President Donald Trump’s word on its safety and efficacy. “I …

Trump puts pressure on FDA for coronavirus silver bullet ahead of Election Day
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump puts pressure on FDA for coronavirus silver bullet ahead of Election Day

CNN  

Washington CNN — Facing a persistent polling deficit and a struggling economy, President Donald Trump has cranked up pressure on administration health officials to expedite work both on a coronavirus vaccine and on treatments that might signal to voters there is an end in sight to the life-altering pandemic that has imperiled his reelection prospects. But the public session could …

Going against scientific wisdom, FDA head proposes fast-tracking a vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

Going against scientific wisdom, FDA head proposes fast-tracking a vaccine

Salon  

The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Stephen Hahn — who recently apologized for advertising an unproven COVID-19 treatment — is now facing fire for telling the Financial Times last week that his agency is prepared to authorize a vaccine before Phase Three clinical trials are complete. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Peggy Hamburg was quoted by MSNBC journalist …

After Russia, US FDA says willing to fast-track Covid vaccine: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

After Russia, US FDA says willing to fast-track Covid vaccine: Report

India Today  

The head of the US Food and Drug Administration is willing to fast-track a Covid-19 vaccine as quickly as possible, the Financial Times reported him as saying in an interview published on Sunday. Without providing evidence, US President Donald Trump last Saturday accused members of a so-called “deep state” working within the FDA of complicating efforts to test Covid-19 vaccines …

Health agencies’ credibility at risk after week of blunders
4 years, 3 months ago

Health agencies’ credibility at risk after week of blunders

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies was under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts said smacked of political pressure from President Donald Trump as he attempts to move past the devastating toll of the coronavirus ahead of the November election. “There is a concern that if you are not seeing …

Trump talks of coronavirus vaccine before Nov election, could US regulators authorise it?
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump talks of coronavirus vaccine before Nov election, could US regulators authorise it?

India Today  

US President Donald Trump has said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be available before the November 3 presidential election, sooner than most experts anticipate. The FDA would still need substantial data, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, former chairwoman of the FDA's vaccine advisory committee and scientific director at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program. Consumer rights watchdog Public Citizen urged …

Trump Mulls 'Fast-tracking' Covid-19 Vaccine But Can US Regulators Authorise it Before Polls?
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Mulls 'Fast-tracking' Covid-19 Vaccine But Can US Regulators Authorise it Before Polls?

News 18  

NEW YORK/CHICAGO: U.S. President Donald Trump has said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be available before the Nov. 3 presidential election, sooner than most experts anticipate. The FDA would still need substantial data, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, former chairwoman of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee and scientific director at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program. The FDA and other …

Trump’s aggressive stance on virus treatments raises concerns about putting politics ahead of safety
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump’s aggressive stance on virus treatments raises concerns about putting politics ahead of safety

CNN  

CNN — As President Donald Trump races to reassure Americans that good news is on the way before the November election, there are concerns that efforts to fast-track coronavirus therapeutics and a vaccine are putting politics before health and safety. The document’s bullet points include, “Develop a Vaccine by The End Of 2020” and “Return to Normal in 2021.” “And …

Trump to Present Virus Therapy ‘Breakthrough’ After Hitting FDA
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump to Present Virus Therapy ‘Breakthrough’ After Hitting FDA

Live Mint  

President Donald Trump’s chief of staff blamed federal bureaucrats for slowing the U.S. response to the virus pandemic, ahead of an announcement Sunday on a “therapeutic breakthrough” promised by the White House. After Trump claimed on Saturday that Food and Drug Administration employees are causing delays to sabotage his re-election, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on “Fox News Sunday” …

Trump Accuses FDA Of 'Deep State' Conspiracy Against Him Over COVID-19 Vaccine Testing
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump Accuses FDA Of 'Deep State' Conspiracy Against Him Over COVID-19 Vaccine Testing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump accused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in a wildly paranoid tweet of a “deep state” conspiracy against him over COVID-19 vaccine testing. Trump tweeted that the FDA was specifically out to hurt him — “obviously,” he tweeted — by delaying progress on a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment until after the presidential election. Hahn …

Trump, without evidence, accuses FDA of delaying coronavirus vaccine trials and pressures agency chief
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump, without evidence, accuses FDA of delaying coronavirus vaccine trials and pressures agency chief

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump on Saturday accused, without providing any evidence, the US Food and Drug Administration of deliberately delaying coronavirus vaccine trials, pressuring the man he had picked to head the agency. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday called Trump’s tweet “very scary” and “a very dangerous statement,” saying that “even for him, it went beyond the pale.” …

US Coronavirus: FDA won’t ‘cut corners’ to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, commissioner says
4 years, 4 months ago

US Coronavirus: FDA won’t ‘cut corners’ to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, commissioner says

CNN  

CNN — Safety will not be compromised for a Covid-19 vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration commissioner said Monday. Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccinologist at Baylor College of Medicine, reviewed the data and also said “there’s just no way” a vaccine will be publicly available by November 3. “It’s not fair to say that this virus is completely benign …

Trump again pushes unproven hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatment
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump again pushes unproven hydroxychloroquine as Covid-19 treatment

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON: A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of the nation's leading infectious disease expert. The president also shared a post from the Twitter account for a podcast hosted by Steve Bannon, a …

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