FDA, CDC Leaders Under Trump Urge Fixed Terms For US Health Agency Heads
Executive Summary
Former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn and former CDC Director Robert Redfield said leaders of their agencies and NIH should be selected outside the election schedule. White House task force reviewing political interference with agency science.
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