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Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of Covid lockdowns

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.

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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.

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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.

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Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, NIH Is Now a Target

Come January, when President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans take charge, the NIH may face a reckoning.

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How Trump’s Failed 2020 COVID Policy Birthed His 2024 Public Health Nominees

It’s not enough to say that Donald Trump is installing a gaggle of opportunists, gadflies and, in some cases, quacks to run ...

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Trump’s health team: RFK Jr. and 5 doctors tapped to lead ‘MAHA’

President-elect Trump has finished making selections for the top public health roles in his incoming administration after he ...

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How Will Trump’s Covid Contrarians Handle the Next Pandemic?

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selections to run the nation’s health agencies are alarming infectious disease experts.

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