Trump picks Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead N.I.H.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency.
Trump, in a statement Tuesday evening, said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,
Trump picks Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead N.I.H.
