{"id":68338,"date":"2026-03-06T18:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/trump-administrations-embattled-fda-vaccine-chief-ousted-for-the-second-time\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:57:52","slug":"trump-administrations-embattled-fda-vaccine-chief-ousted-for-the-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/trump-administrations-embattled-fda-vaccine-chief-ousted-for-the-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration\u2019s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseases<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s embattled vaccine chief, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency \u2013 the second time in less than a year that he\u2019s departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases.<\/p>\n<p>FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced the news to FDA staff in an email late Friday, saying Prasad would depart at the end of April. Makary said Prasad would return to his academic job at the University of California, San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/06\/fda-vaccine-chief-ousted-vinay-prasad\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseases The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s embattled vaccine chief, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency \u2013 the second time in less than a year that he\u2019s departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty &#8230; <a title=\"Trump administration\u2019s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/trump-administrations-embattled-fda-vaccine-chief-ousted-for-the-second-time\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump administration\u2019s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}