Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford economist and pandemic policy critic, as NIH director

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The NIH has a yearly budget of nearly $48 million, making the agency the world's largest public funder of biomedical research.
56% : "Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH to a Gold Standard of Medical Research as they examine the underlying causes of, and solutions to, America's biggest Health challenges, including our Crisis of Chronic Illness and Disease," Trump wrote in a Nov. 26 Truth Social post announcing his pick.
46% : "Together, they will work hard to Make America Healthy Again!"Trump previously selected Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. to head up the Department of Health and Human Services -- the NIH's parent organization.
37% : The politician and vaccine skeptic was chosen to protect the public from items that have "contributed to the overwhelming health crisis in this country," including "pharmaceutical products," according to Trump.

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