The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration has resigned.
Dr. Vinay Prasad, just months into his tenure, is leaving the FDA, the FDA’s parent agency said on July 29.
“Dr. Prasad did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the Trump administration and has decided to return to California and spend more time with his family,” a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services told news outlets in a statement. “We thank him for his service and the many important reforms he was able to achieve in his time at FDA.”…