{
  "id": 2009827,
  "title": "Trump Picks Heidi Overton for FDA Commissioner: Here's What to Know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/trump-picks-heidi-overton-for-fda-commissioner-heres-what-to-know",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T19:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/122673"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the FDA, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Overton is the deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several...",
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  "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."
}