Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the agency’s vaccine regulator.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has repeatedly criticized Covid-19 vaccines as deadly despite the scientific consensus that they are safe.
The doctor, Salvador Plasencia, had asked “I wonder how much this moron will pay” before supplying the drug to Mr. Perry, who became increasingly reliant on it before his death.