{"id":16,"date":"2026-05-19T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:39:21","slug":"fda-chief-pushed-out-in-latest-sign-of-public-health-chaos-under-rfk-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Martin Makary, has resigned. During Makary\u2019s 13-month tenure, he attempted to split the difference between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s Make America Healthy Again agenda and a more traditional approach to regulation, ultimately angering both camps. \u201cNobody was happy with what he did,\u201d says Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=14\">As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly before his resignation, Makary had drawn the ire of President Trump for attempting to block the approval of fruit-flavored vapes, and anti-abortion groups for not placing harsher restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone. But even before Makary took the helm, mass layoffs and the loss of scientific expertise had already thrown the <span>FDA<\/span>, which has oversight powers extending to more than a fifth of the U.S. economy, in turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=13\">\u201cStaggering Corruption\u201d: Rep. Raskin on Trump\u2019s $10B IRS Lawsuit, Stock Trades &amp; Family Business<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FDA\u2019s deputy commissioner for food, Kyle Diamantis, will now assume Makary\u2019s position in an acting capacity. Diamantas, a personal friend of Donald Trump Jr., does not have a background in medicine. The abrupt leadership shakeup is worrisome for the future of health and medicine in the United States, says Dr. Robert Steinbrook, the health research director at watchdog organization Public Citizen. \u201cWe need a strong public health agency,\u201d he explains. \u201c[But] when you pick them apart for particular theories and the idiosyncrasies of the Health and Human Services secretary, you destroy things which take years, if not decades, to rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingshiftnews.com\/?p=9\">Trump\u2019s Christian Nationalist Agenda &amp; Taxpayer-Funded D.C. 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