Chief Healthcare Executive November 27, 2024
Ron Southwick

President-elect Trump wants Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed some COVID-19 measures, to lead the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is the prime source of federal funding for medical research.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health, choosing another critic of federal health leaders to a top post.

Bhattacharya, MD, a professor of health policy at Stanford University, spoke out against the COVID-19 lockdowns. He also suggested early in the pandemic that generally healthy people should build immunity to COVID-19, while efforts should focus on protecting vulnerable populations.

With a budget of nearly $48 billion, the NIH is the federal government’s largest source of funding for medical research. The NIH has generally...

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