特朗普提名的FDA局长候选人在参议院听证中回避关键问题

特朗普提名的美国食品药品监督管理局局长候选人海迪·欧弗顿周四在参议院卫生委员会接受质询1。这位医学博士、临床研究博士学位获得者兼现任总统国内政策副助理1，在近两小时的听证中对涉及疫苗、调味电子烟、避孕药和堕胎等多项议题的提问采取了回避态度1。

欧弗顿的沉默引发了对其客观性的担忧，尤其是鉴于其反堕胎立场，而FDA正在审查堕胎药物米非司酮的安全性1。此前，特朗普在8月的新闻发布会上曾错误地称麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹疫苗"相当致命"，并声称婴儿疫苗剂量"像苏打瓶那么大"1。特朗普还呼吁将MMR疫苗分为三种单独免疫接种，尽管没有证据表明有此益处1。

Heidi Oveerton, Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, declined to directly address fundamental questions about scientific objectivity during her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, raising concerns about her ability to oversee the agency independently 1.

Oveerton, a medical doctor with a PhD in clinical research who currently serves as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, appeared before the Senate Health Committee for nearly two hours 1. During the hearing, she sidestepped questions on vaccines, flavored e-cigarettes, contraception, and abortion—topics that will likely fall under FDA jurisdiction 1. Her reluctance to engage substantively on these issues has intensified scrutiny, particularly given her stated anti-abortion stance and the FDA's ongoing review of the safety of mifepristone, an abortion medication 1.

The hearing highlighted broader concerns about the nominee's independence from the president. Trump has made numerous scientifically unfounded claims about vaccines, including falsely stating in an August press conference that the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is "quite deadly" and asserting that infant vaccine doses are "like big as a soda bottle" 1. He has also called for separating the MMR vaccine into three individual immunizations despite no evidence supporting such a change 1.