Top vaccine official resigns from FDA

WASHINGTON: The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has resigned and criticised the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations.

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Dr. Peter Marks sent a letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Dara Correa on Friday saying that he would resign and retire by April 5 as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

Information which was obtained by The Associated Press, Marks said he was “willing to work” to address the concerns expressed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the safety of vaccinations. But he concluded that wasn’t possible.