{
  "id": 10729703,
  "title": "STAT+: Overton won’t get a vote before midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/stat-overton-wont-get-a-vote-before-midterms",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T16:14:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/29/heidi-overton-fda-commissioner-vote-midterms-health-care-policy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Senate health committee will vote on Wednesday whether to approve Heidi Overton for the FDA leadership position. However, she will not be among the three nominees for the Health and Human Services (HHS) nominees. Overton's nomination is uncertain as it would take just one Republican to oppose her in committee. The Senate's health committee has no scheduled vote on the FDA nominee until after the midterm elections on November 9.",
  "summary": "Health department nominees await Senate votes, and we map out what the elections mean for healthy policy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}