EXCLUSIVE: FDA official Tracy Høeg fired after refusing to resign

Høeg says she first learned about rumours of her departure through media reports before being told by FDA officials to resign or be terminated.

May 15, 2026

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Cross-posted by MD REPORTS

"This is tragic. Tracy Beth Hoeg is fired. Why? Nobody knows. But it came from above. So this sends a message that if you seek the truth, the government will fire you. That is a devastating message to be sending to people."

- Steve Kirsch

Just days after the resignation of former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, one of his closest allies says she was summoned to her office and told to resign or be fired.

Dr Tracy Beth Høeg — the physician-scientist who became one of the most visible figures in the FDA’s post-Covid reform movement — says she first learned about her apparent departure through media reports.

At the time, she dismissed the reports as ‘rumours’ because nobody inside the agency had told her anything.

Then, hours later, two FDA officials arrived at her office and told her she could either resign or be terminated.

Høeg refused to resign.

“I said I didn’t want to resign,” Høeg told MD Reports in an exclusive interview. “I said I’m not signing a letter of resignation if it’s not my choice.”

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