President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration told senators in a tense confirmation hearing Thursday that, if confirmed as FDA commissioner, he plans to evaluate school lunches,

A longtime Johns Hopkins surgeon and best-selling author, he has advised the World Health Organization and been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. (Makary, whose confirmation hearings kicked off in the Senate this morning,

Dr. Marty Makary will testify before the Senate health committee on Thursday. Lawmakers may press him over staff reductions and changes in agency direction on issues like vaccines.

Marty Makary, Trump’s pick for FDA commissioner, testified before the Senate health committee Thursday.

Dr. Marty Makary, Trump's nominee to lead the FDA, said he would review a Biden-era rule that allowed patients to obtain mifepristone without seeing a health care provider in person.

At a hearing, Dr. Marty Makary, the nominee for F.D.A. commissioner, fielded questions focused on whether he would review or reopen certain policy areas.

If confirmed to lead the Food and Drug Administration, will Dr. Marty Makary carry out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to disrupt the medical establishment, or would he be a check on it?

Dr. Marty Makary is largely sidestepping Senate questions about his plans to lead the Food and Drug Administration