A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official who helped drive the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program resigned under pressure Friday amid a measles outbreak and accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of health misinformation, according to reports.
Dr. Peter Marks, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, wrote he was resigning with “a heavy heart” from his role effective April 5, The New York Times reported. Claiming he was initially interested in working to address Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy’s concerns about vaccines, Marks added that “it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
Marks opted to resign after an HHS official told him to resign or be fired, The…
