Trump Selects Cancer Specialist From Texas Hospital to Run FDA

Trump Selects Cancer Specialist From Texas Hospital to Run FDA
This 2014 photo provided by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center shows Stephen Hahn. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center via AP
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Friday picked a cancer specialist and hospital executive to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

If confirmed, Dr. Stephen Hahn of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston would inherit a raft of high-profile public health issues, including leading the government’s response to the problem of underage vaping and the prescription opioid epidemic.