Jay Bhattacharya, prominent physician and economist, nominated by President Trump for NIH director
Bhattacharya met this week with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was nominated by Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the NIH and other health agencies, and impressed the former presidential candidate with his ideas to overhaul the NIH, which oversees U.S. biomedical research, according to a report by The Washington Post.
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Jay Bhattacharya, prominent physician and economist, nominated by President Trump for NIH director
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BREAKING: Trump nominates Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to head National Institutes of Health
BREAKING: Trump nominates Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to head National Institutes of Health
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed health researcher Jay Bhattacharya as the next leader of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Bhattacharya was confirmed on a party- line vote, 53 to 47.
Bhattacharya became a celebrity among many Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic for criticizing masking orders, school closures and other measures meant to mitigate the spread of the virus.
Bhattacharya was one of the primary authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, a document signed by thousands of public health experts in late 2020 that pushed the argument of “herd immunity;” allowing the COVID virus to spread among lower-risk, younger people to build up immunity while having “focused protection” on older, high-risk people.
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Bhattacharya was confirmed on a party- line vote, 53 to 47.
Bhattacharya became a celebrity among many Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic for criticizing masking orders, school closures and other measures meant to mitigate the spread of the virus.
Bhattacharya was one of the primary authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, a document signed by thousands of public health experts in late 2020 that pushed the argument of “herd immunity;” allowing the COVID virus to spread among lower-risk, younger people to build up immunity while having “focused protection” on older, high-risk people.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5 ... d-nih/amp/