Panicked WSJ breathes sigh of relief at MAGA official's 'welcome walkback'

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board expressed relief on Wednesday at a "welcome FDA walkback" as Dr. Vinay Prasad, the agency's head of vaccine oversight, got overruled on a controversial move to block a new flu shot.

Prasad, who was briefly forced out of the agency by far-right influencer Laura Loomer before returning shortly, has become notorious for blocking experimental medicines based on no solid logic — as he did recently by trying to shut down approval for a Moderna mRNA flu vaccine...