Heidi Overton, a vocal abortion opponent and vaccine skeptic, has been tapped by President Trump to lead the FDA — his third pick for the role amid mounting political hurdles. Known for pushing strict mifepristone regulations and endorsing Trump’s controversial measles-mumps-rubella vaccine split plan (with no scientific backing), Overton now faces the daunting task of steering the nation’s top health agency through high-stakes debates on reproductive rights and vaccine policy, as CDC vaccine experts are replaced by administration loyalists.

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