Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who has faced restrictions on social media platforms because of his views, was a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he has selected a Stanford University professor of health policy and skeptic of COVID-19 precautions to run the National Institutes of Health, the sweeping federal agency tasked with solving many of the country’s biggest health challenges.

Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump picks Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH The nomination completes the

Donald Trump's health team picks includes outspoken critics of the medical establishment and COVID-19 health measures.

President-elect Donald Trump's team has signed the agreement which allows members of the incoming administration to meet with their Biden-era counterparts ahead of the January transfer of power. And Trump continues to make staffing choices,

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health economist and critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the

Trump tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a vocal critic of Covid-19 lockdowns and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, as the next NIH director.

Donald Trump plans to nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor known for his criticism of Covid lockdowns, to lead the National Institutes of Health.

The physician and economist was the face of the Great Barrington Declaration, which opposed widespread lockdowns.

On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health, tapping an opponent of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates to lead the nation's top medical research agency.