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marmar

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Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:01 AM 1 hr ago

'She has no expertise': the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth Heg's tenure at the FDA


(Guardian) As the US continues making unprecedented changes to its vaccination recommendations, one figure appears unexpectedly: Tracy Beth Høeg, a Danish American sports physician and epidemiologist who first made her name casting doubt on Covid vaccines in the pandemic and has focused upon possible deaths after Covid vaccination in her short tenure at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Health officials planned to announce radical changes to the childhood vaccine schedule earlier this month, aligning the US with Denmark’s immunization schedule, sources say – a major change that would put the US out of step with much of the world with no evidence for benefit. The announcement has been postponed until the new year.

Instead of Vinay Prasad, the top vaccines chief, Høeg is listed to speak at the event. She was recently named acting director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), the fifth person to lead the center this year.

The acting appointment of Høeg could signify a closer partnership between the drug and vaccine centers as Høeg and Prasad consolidate power at the agency – and it signals a greater focus upon dismantling already-approved vaccines at the FDA. ..........................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/tracy-beth-hoeg-fda-vaccines




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'She has no expertise': the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth Heg's tenure at the FDA (Original Post) marmar 1 hr ago OP
Trump regime is America's Trojan Horse. enough 1 hr ago #1
Trump wants to.kill more Americans Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 1 hr ago #2
'Only the worse of the worse' spanone 1 hr ago #3
"with no evidence of benefit"........"with no proof of the allegations"....."offering no evidence"..... it goes on and on. Firestorm49 58 min ago #4

Firestorm49

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4. "with no evidence of benefit"........"with no proof of the allegations"....."offering no evidence"..... it goes on and on.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:01 PM
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