Trump named Dr. Heidi Overton, a health aide on his Domestic Policy Council, to run the Food and Drug Administration. Senate health committee chairman Bill Cassidy (Sen-R Louisiana) said her role in Trump's vaccine executive order was "almost disqualifying." Overton is a doctor with a Johns Hopkins degree in clinical investigation. She has backed splitting the MMR shot into three and tightening limits on the abortion pill mifepristone.
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Overton is a physician who holds a Johns Hopkins degree in clinical investigation.
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Overton has backed splitting the MMR vaccine into three separate shots.
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Overton has backed tightening restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone.
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Trump issued an executive order on vaccines that Overton played a role in.
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