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Centre for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and U.S. President Donald Trump stand as Heidi Overton speaks during an event to deliver remarks about health care costs and affordability from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 18, 2026. (Reuters File)

Centre for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and U.S. President Donald Trump stand as Heidi Overton speaks during an event to deliver remarks about health care costs and affordability from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 18, 2026. (Reuters File)

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday named White House policy aide Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration months after the previous chief quit, writing online that she would push his “America First” policies.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Susan Heavey; Editing by Ryan Patrick Jones)

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