Whether it is the food in your fridge, the medicine in your cabinet, or the sunscreen in your bag,

someone has to decide if it is safe. And in this country, that someone is the Food and Drug Administration,

the FDA. Now, it's probably easy to take it for granted as yet another one of those three-lettered

government agencies.

But the FDA plays a pretty crucial role in all of our lives.

They ensure the safety, effectiveness, and security of a very wide range of products.

Everything from human and veterinary drugs to vaccines to medical devices like pacemakers.

And lately, the FDA has been in the news.

A lot.

The FDA will now advise doctors that there is this link, they say, between autism and acetametaphon.

The FDA has approved the vaccine for specific groups,

limiting access for some who may have been able to get it in the past.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched an FDA review of Memphis Pristone.

It's a drug used in two-thirds of abortions in America.

Abortion rights activists say they're worried the review could lead to a ban.

The FDA has been at the center of some of the most pressing and polarizing health debates

happening right now in the country.

And look, it's generated a lot of questions.

So I decided to sit down with the person leading it all.

Dr. Marty McCarrie, he's a surgical oncologist, and earlier this year, he stepped into the role of FDA Commissioner.

I really wanted to know what was going to change under his leadership.

What does he want to reform?

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