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  "title": "President Trump's FDA commissioner nom, Dr. Heidi Overton, faces Senators' questions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/president-trumps-fda-commissioner-nom-dr-heidi-overton-faces-senators",
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  "published": "2026-09-24T22:55:58.000Z",
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  "summary": "Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.",
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        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton affirms MMR vaccine and mifepristone are safe at crucial Senate hearing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/trumps-fda-nominee-heidi-overton-affirms-mmr-vaccine-and-mifepristone",
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        "outlet": "BioPharma Dive",
        "title": "FDA nominee Overton parries vaccine questions at Senate hearing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/fda-nominee-overton-parries-vaccine-questions-at-senate-hearing",
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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."
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