Trump nominates Marty Makary, who opposed COVID vaccine mandates, to head FDA

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Marty Makary Friday to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who opposed vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the coronavirus pandemic.

Makary, a Johns Hopkins University professor, is the latest in a string of Trump nominees who have declared the U.S. health system to be "broken" and in need of a shakeup.

Makary has criticized in books and articles the overprescribing of drugs, the use of pesticides on foods and the undue influence of pharmaceutical and insurance companies over doctors and government regulators.