FDA pick shoots down vaccine conspiracies

Published April 5, 2017 4:24pm ET



People need to accept that there is no link between vaccines and autism, President Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb was asked by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., during his confirmation hearing about President Trump’s flirting with creating a commission on vaccine safety. Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. said after the president was elected that Trump asked him to head the commission, but it was scuttled after a public outcry.

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