If confirmed, Makary would run one of the nation's leading health agencies, overseeing the regulation of food and drugs.

Marty Makary, a career surgeon and President Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), faced senators in his confirmation hearing on Thursday, aligning himself with the Make America Healthy Again agenda but stopping short of outright endorsing some recent,

Senators asked Makary about the FDA’s decision to cancel a scheduled meeting of its outside committee of vaccine experts to discuss the design of this year’s influenza vaccine