Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health - WTOP News
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56% : Trump, in a statement Tuesday evening, said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, "to direct the Nation's Medical Research, and to make important discoveries that will improve Health, and save lives.51% : Trump said O'Neill "will oversee all operations and improve Management, Transparency, and Accountability to, Make America Healthy Again," the president-elect announced.
46% : Trump on Tuesday also announced that Jim O'Neill, a former HHS official, will serve as deputy secretary of the sprawling agency.
46% : Trump's previous choices to lead public health agencies -- including Kennedy, Dr. Mehmet Oz for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator and Dr. Marty Makary for Food and Drug Administration commissioner -- have all been Washington outsiders who are vowing to shake up the agencies.
42% : The National Institutes of Health falls under HHS, which Trump has nominated Kennedy to oversee.
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