President Trump’s nominees to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a key Senate committee largely along party lines Thursday, paving the way for a full floor vote to confirm them.

Two of President Donald Trump’s key public health nominations advanced at the committee level Thursday morning, moving them to consideration in the full Senate. The Senate Committee on Health, Education,

Martin Makary, President Donald Trump's nominee to run the U.S. FDA, told lawmakers on Thursday he would convene a committee of vaccine advisers but said he would reevaluate which scientific issues require their input.