Rick Bright: Federal official ousted after clash has long history of working on vaccine preparedness
The Trump administration official who oversaw the production and purchase of vaccines before being abruptly dismissed Tuesday after clashing with the administration on coronavirus treatments is an international expert on vaccines with a lengthy work history in the field.
Dr. Rick Bright had led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which has been central to the response to the coronavirus outbreak, since 2016.
But his departure Tuesday, he believes, stems in part from his resistance to efforts to widen the availability of a coronavirus treatment pushed by President Donald Trump.
Bright will now lead a public-private partnership on vaccine development and treatment, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services told CNN.
At: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/rick-bright-federal-official-ousted-after-coronavirus-treatment-clash-has-long-history-of-working-on-vaccine-preparedness/ar-BB133t0w
Dr. Rick Bright, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority head ousted over his reservations on the effectiveness of Trump's preferred remedy (in which the president is invested).
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