US Pharma MarketingSean Kaufman, Trump's pick for a key pandemic preparedness role, has questioned vaccines and criticized the CDC. FDA smoking HHS Newsletters Log In My Account Subscribe Now My Account Settings Complete your personal information for a more tailored experience Billing Log Out A decade of reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Newsletters Log In My Account Subscribe Now Biotech Pharma Public Health Health Tech Policy Science First Opinion STAT+ STAT Events Search Log In Try STAT+ My Account Home Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on…
WASHINGTON — Senate health leader Bill Cassidy (R-La.) grilled a Trump nominee for a key pandemic preparedness role over past comments in which he questioned vaccines, in a heated Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
“Why would you repeat those damn lies? Because that destroys trust,” Cassidy said at one point to the nominee, Sean Kaufman, rapping his hand on the dais.
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