Trump, Health and Bhattacharya

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of Covid lockdowns, to lead National Institutes of Health
Donald Trump plans to nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor known for his criticism of Covid lockdowns, to lead the National Institutes of Health.
Trump names COVID lockdown skeptic to lead NIH, another sign of shifts in key agencies
President-elect Trump selected a critic of COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates to lead the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is known for co-authoring the Great Barrington Declaration, a 2020 manifesto that advocated allowing COVID to spread in order to achieve herd immunity.
Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Bhattacharya is a physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
Trump picks Covid lockdown skeptic as head of key national health agency
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Stanford-educated physician who gained prominence after questioning the efficacy of social distancing at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic
Trump taps COVID-19 lockdown skeptic to lead NIH
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that he has tapped Jay Bhattacharya, a prominent critic of COVID-19 lockdowns, to serve as the director of the National Institutes of Health.
Trump names COVID lockdown critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as pick for NIH director
President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a close ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Health.
Trump chooses US COVID policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and U.S. COVID policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health, the country's top public funder of medical research with a budget of some $47.
He Rose to Fame as a Covid Contrarian, and Trump Wants Him to Be NIH Head
On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health, a government agency composed of more than 18,000 employees with an annual budget of $47 billion.
Jay Bhattacharya, COVID lockdown critic, picked by Trump to lead NIH
Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's pick to lead the NIH, is known for arguing against lockdowns and for "herd immunity" to control the COVID-19 virus.
Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, critic of COVID lockdowns, for National Institutes of Health
Bhattacharya was one of three authors an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.
Trump Picks Stanford Critic of Covid Lockdowns to Head NIH
President elect Donald Trump nominated health policy researcher Jay Bhattacharya to head the US National Institutes of Health, the sprawling agency that oversees close to $50 billion in biomedical research spending.
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