Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:10am on 27 Nov 2024,Wednesday India Global
Donald Trump has appointed Jay Bhattacharya, a Kolkata-born economist and health policy professor at Stanford University, as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya, known for criticizing US COVID-19 policies and co-authoring the 2020 Great Barrington Declaration, will oversee NIH's $47.3B budget across 27 institutes. His research focuses on vulnerable populations, aging, and biomedical innovation. Bhattacharya previously sued the US government, alleging social media censorship of his views. Trump also named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, reflecting shifts in US health policy leadership.
