Senate panel questions Trump nominee to lead National Institutes of Health

Jay Bhattacharya's confirmation hearing proves the lockdown skeptics won

Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.

Trump NIH appointee defends president's research funding cuts, lays out new vision for future

Donald Trump's pick to lead the NIH was peppered with questions from Democrats about the president's cuts to NIH research funding during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Trump NIH nominee aims to soothe senators over embattled agency

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health sought to reassure senators Wednesday that he would bring stability to an agency that has faced mass terminations and frozen funding of health research since Trump took office.  Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health economist who faced criticism for his suggested approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, told senators he aims to restore trust in public health and science, bring mo…

Bhattacharya outlines plan to restore credibility at National Institutes of Health

Senate HELP Committee has questions for Trump nominee.

Trump’s Science Agency Pick Says He Won’t Cut More Personnel

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s top governmental biomedical research agency said he has no plans to lay off more people at the department that’s already been beset by budget cuts.

LIVE NOW: Nomination of Jayanta Bhattacharya as NIH Director: Senate Health Committee Hearing

U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearings to examine the nomination of Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services at 10 a.m. ET on Mar. 5. ...