The United States Senate has confirmed an outspoken critic of COVID-19 lockdowns as the new director of the National ...

The United States Senate gave its final stamp of approval for the nomination of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as the next NIH director ...

Makary and Bhattacharya, both vocal critics of the country’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic, have been confirmed to lead ...

NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump ...

Two UIC professors list their questions for the man set to lead "the crown jewel” of American biomedical science.

The Senate has been working hard to confirm more of President Trump’s appointees essential to his agenda on health care and ...

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., to lead the National Institutes of ...

Trump’s picks for top health jobs have criticized the organizations they will run, as well as the federal response to the ...

Through its employment of Bhattacharya within its medical school, Stanford played a key role in legitimizing an anti-science ...

The US Senate has confirmed Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as Director of the National Institutes of Health, despite past controversy ...

Schwetz’s leave will be effective as of 5 p.m. today, Stat reported yesterday. The news broke the same day that the Senate ...

Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health economist who gained notoriety for his criticism of the NIH’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, secured the confirmation with a 53-to-47 party-line vote ...