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FILE - In this April 24, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures to Vice President Mike Pence as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, steps back to the podium to answer a question during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day on Dec. 11. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

White House threatens FDA chief’s job over vaccine approval

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FDA says it’s close to approving Pfizer shots; Trump wants them now: ‘Stop playing games’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2020, file photo Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn speaks during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Hahn, the head of the agency responsible for approving any COVID-19 vaccine, was summoned to the White House Tuesday, Dec. 1, as an increasingly frustrated President Donald Trump complained that approval hasn't moved faster. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pushed to rush, FDA head says feds will get vaccine ‘right’

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, JILL COLVIN and MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Health agencies’ credibility at risk after week of blunders

By MATTHEW PERRONE and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FDA chief apologizes for overstating plasma effect on virus

By Matthew Perrone and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks, accompanied by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, center, during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

FEMA director Brock Long, right, talks with from left, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Margo Anderson, Mayor of Lynn Haven, Fla., second from right, as they tour a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Michael, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Lynn Haven, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn&#160;listens during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Stephen Hahn, FDA commissioner, pressed on Trump claim 99% of COVID coronavirus cases ‘harmless’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this April 16, 2019, photo, a woman exhales while vaping from a Juul pen e-cigarette in Vancouver, Wash. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) ** FILE **

Tobacco manufacturers get FDA deadline extension for e-cigarettes

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Stephen Hahn, FDA head: Second coronavirus wave ‘certainly a possibility’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

This 2014 photo provided by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center shows Stephen Hahn. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration sidestepped questions on the future of a 2-month-old plan to ban most flavored e-cigarettes. Hahn told Senate lawmakers on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, that a recent wave of underage vaping is an “urgent, important crisis” and demands “aggressive action.” But he said he wants to review more data before deciding on an approach. (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center via AP)

Senate OKs Trump’s FDA nominee despite unclear vaping agenda

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Senate panel backs Trump’s pick to run FDA

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

This 2014 photo provided by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center shows Stephen Hahn. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration sidestepped questions on the future of a 2-month-old plan to ban most flavored e-cigarettes. Hahn told Senate lawmakers on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, that a recent wave of underage vaping is an “urgent, important crisis” and demands “aggressive action.” But he said he wants to review more data before deciding on an approach. (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center via AP)

FDA nominee ducks questions on Trump e-cigarette flavor ban

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

This 2014 photo provided by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center shows Stephen Hahn. On Nov. 1, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated the cancer specialist to lead the Food and Drug Administration. (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center via AP)

Trump picks cancer specialist from Texas hospital to run FDA

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press