Trump Nominates COVID Critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for NIH Director

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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health policy professor known for criticizing COVID-19 lockdowns, as the director of the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya will work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, to address America's health challenges. Trump also nominated Jim O'Neil as deputy secretary of HHS to enhance management and accountability.
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