Dr. Houman Hemmati, an ophthalmologist critical of the government’s Covid vaccine response, is the front-runner for the role of the nation’s vaccine chief at the Food and Drug Administration, according to two people familiar with the matter. If selected, Hemmati would replace Dr. Vinay Prasad, who is leaving the agency this month after facing criticism over the FDA’s delay or rejection of several treatments and vaccines, including a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare blood

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