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 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.
Trump completes health team with Jay Bhattacharya as NIH pick
President-elect Trump completed his health team by picking Stanford University professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as his next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Trump, in the Tuesday announcement on TruthSocial,
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 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 Bhattacharya to Lead National Institutes of Health
Bhattacharya's nomination, alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, indicates potential shifts in vaccine policy under the Trump administration.
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Trump Pick for Public Health Chief Opposed COVID Lockdown, Wanted People to Get Infected on Purpose
Donald Trump has appointed a health economist who published an open letter slamming the COVID-19 lockdown while promoting "herd immunity" to lead the NIH.
Trump names COVID lockdown critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as pick for NIH director
President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a critic of COVID-19 lockdown policies to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Health. In a statement, Trump said he
Trump Picks Vaccine Mandate Critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head National Institutes of Health
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health economist and critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the nation's largest medical research agency, the National Institutes of Health.
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Trump announces NIH chief and flurry of other appointments
Trump selected Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health and work with Robert F. Kennedy ...
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 ...
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Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health researcher, is in line to lead the National Institutes of Health. Early in the ...
Trump taps Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH, rounding out health team
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President-Elect Donald Trump has turned to Stanford Professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for his choice to head the nation's ...