Top US vaccine official forced to resign, media reports say A top vaccine official at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was forced out of his job, US media reports. Peter Marks offered his letter of resignation to Health and Human Services (HHS) officials on Friday after he was given a choice between resigning or being fired. "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," Mr Marks wrote in a resignation letter,...

The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations. Dr. Peter Marks sent a letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Sara Brenner on Friday saying that he would resign and retire by April 5 as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. In his letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press, Marks said he was “willing to work” to address the concerns expressed by...

Dr. Peter Marks , one of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top vaccine officials, has resigned. In a resignation letter dated Friday, March 28, which was obtained by KFF reporter Stephanie Armour and shared on X , Marks cited the work done by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as one of the reasons for his resignation. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and...

The top vaccine regulator in the US has resigned over the anti-vaccine stance of Donald Trump's health chief. Dr Peter Marks said Robert F Kennedy Jr's "misinformation and lies" are "irresponsible, detrimental to public health, and a clear danger to our nation's health, safety, and security" in his resignation letter. A person familiar with the matter said Dr Marks was forced out of his position, according to Sky News' partner newsroom NBC News. "If Peter Marks does not want to get behind restoring science to its golden standard and promoting...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Prominent doctors have spoken out in defense of Peter Marks, one of the top vaccine specialists at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after he announced he was resigning on Friday with a letter highly critical of new Health and Human Services Department (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. One health expert described the move as a "gutting of expertise inside the FDA," while another described Kennedy Jr.'s position on vaccines as...

Dr. Peter Marks, who has overseen the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine program since 2016, submitted a letter of resignation on Friday effective April 5. Marks joined the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in 2012 as its deputy director before being promoted to director in 2016. Marks cited his disagreements with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Marks was a key figure, serving as a key official in the first Trump administration in the development and distribution...

The Trump administration on Friday pushed out Peter Marks [photo], the nation’s top vaccine regulator and an architect of the U.S. program to rapidly develop coronavirus vaccines, a move that comes as HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his overhaul of the nation’s health and science agencies. Marks, who joined the Food and Drug Administration in 2012 and had overseen its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research since 2016, was offered the choice to resign or be fired. He opted to resign, with an effective departure date of April...

(CNN) — The head of the US Food and Drug Administration department responsible for assuring the safety and effectiveness of vaccines has resigned, according to a resignation letter obtained by CNN. Dr. Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was forced out of his job, having been given the choice to resign or be fired. The news of Marks’ resignation was first reported Friday by The Wall Street Journal. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather...