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Republican-led U.S. Congressional report findings on COVID’s origins explained

The story so far: A U.S. Congressional committee led by Republican Brad Wenstrup has concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of the spread of a virus that likely leaked from a research facility in Wuhan, China. For example, it quotes an unclassified factsheet from January 2021 published by the U.S. State Department that said: “The U.S. government has …

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1 week, 4 days ago

'More harm than good': Trump nominee expected to push 'high-risk' health research

Raw Story

Donald Trump has nominated a controversial choice to oversee the National Institutes of Health, and both supporters and critics say he would likely push for more high-risk, high-reward research. The president-elect tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who's both an epidemiologist and economist, to oversee the NIH and its nearly 19,000 employees across nearly 30 institutes and centers, and he's expected to …

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1 week, 6 days ago

From Harmeet Dhillon to Vivek Ramaswamy, the Indian-Americans in Trump 2.0

Firstpost

US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Indian-American lawyer Harmeet K Dhillon as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the US Department of Justice. She has joined a growing list of Indian-Americans on the Trump 2.0 Cabinet, which includes Vivek Ramaswamy, Jay Bhattacharya, and Kash Patel, among others Harmeet Dhillon speaks during a right-wing gathering known as America Fest, an event …

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2 weeks ago

What is a food pharmacy? The emerging concept underscores the importance of food as medicine

Salon

In 2012, Wholesome Wave — a nonprofit organization working to end food and nutrition insecurity — launched its Produce Prescription Program. Food pharmacies are exactly what their name suggests: Healthcare organizations and medical professionals provide patients with physical prescriptions for healthy foods along with resources highlighting the importance of a well-rounded diet. A 2021 research article published in the American …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

'Cancel culture' colleges could soon see money targeted by Trump's NIH pick: report

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the National Institute of Health is ready to settle a score – and he’s revving up a fight against campus culture at elite universities, according to a new report. And that could mean Stanford professor and economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya uses the power of his position to leverage tens of billions of dollars in …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump’s team looking at withholding massive research grants from universities that are too ‘woke’

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Donald Trump’s team is considering the possibility of withholding …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

US House Subcommittee report on COVID-19 reveals shocking details: NIH conducted virus research in Wuhan, lockdowns caused rampant fraud and corruption and more

Op India

Five years after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in China and the whole world suffered from botched lockdowns, panic and millions of deaths, a US House subcommittee has confirmed what has been suppressed by most Western governments, the mainstream media, and even leading scientific publications and medical bodies of our times. A 520-page report released by a select …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump 2.0: Hindu values, Indian-Americans take centre stage

India Today

US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration’s embrace of Indian-Americans in prominent roles signals a shift in the community’s political influence within the Republican Party. This cohort of appointees brings a mix of professional expertise and cultural values, reflecting both their individual merit and the strategic importance of the Indian-American demographic to Trump’s broader agenda. USHA VANCE: A CULTURAL CONNECTOR Usha …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump is taking the mask off after lying to us for more than a year

Raw Story

— Trump is taking off the mask, after lying to us for over a year about not knowing anything about Project 2025. His choice of Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025, to lead the Office of Management and Budget, along with several other picks tied to the project, tells us he was lying when he repeatedly disavowed the Heritage …

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Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s research czar

The Hindu

On November 26, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced that physician and economist Jayanta ‘Jay’ Bhattacharya will be the director of the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s chief agency for medical research. The NIH’s parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, will be headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition. 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 …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya …

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Elon Musk Hails Jay Bhattacharya's Appointment As The Lead Of US Medical Research Agency NIH

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X owner Elon Musk has hailed President-elect Donald Trump's choice of making health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya the lead of the National Institutes of Health. Trump, in a statement on Tuesday evening, said that the 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine will work in collaboration with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

'More terrible news': Critics blast Trump's latest pick of a 'fringe' doctor to head NIH

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump's selection of a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine drew sharp criticism on social media, with one journalist calling his appointment a "remarkable turn" — given he was a "pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his 'fringe' views." "Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation’s …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. 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 …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump elige a un crítico de las vacunas covid para dirigir los Institutos Nacionales de Salud

LA Times

El presidente electo Donald Trump habla con reporteros tras una reunión con legisladores republicanos en Washington, el 13 de noviembre de 2024. El presidente electo Donald Trump ha elegido al doctor Jay Bhattacharya, crítico de los confinamientos durante la pandemia y los mandatos de vacunación, para dirigir los Institutos Nacionales de Salud, la principal agencia de investigación médica de Estados …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong

Salon

By most accounts, President-elect Donald Trump bungled the federal response to COVID-19, publicly downplaying concern about a virus that he privately admitted was “deadly stuff.” “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear,” Trump said in Feb. 2020, at the same time he was admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that the virus was …

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Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. Trump said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with antivaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to lead …

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Meet Jay Bhattacharya, Kolkata-born Stanford academic set to lead National Institutes of Health under Donald Trump

India Today

Dr Jay Bhattacharya, a Kolkata-born, Stanford-trained physician and economist has been nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump to head the National Institutes of Health, the country’s premier medical research institution, "to make important discoveries that will improve health and save lives". The 56-year-old professor at Stanford University School of Medicine will work in cooperation with Robert F Kennedy Jr, who …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH?

Al Jazeera

Bhattacharya would lead the National Institutes of Health, the primary agency in the US for public health research. US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, to run the National Institutes of Health, the primary agency in the United States responsible for public health research. “In retrospect, some restrictions or their intensity were unnecessary, as …

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Stanford academic Jay Bhattacharya is Trump's pick to lead US health agency

India Today

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and US Covid-19 policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health, the country's top public funder of medical research with a budget of some $47.3 billion. Bhattacharya, a Stanford health policy professor and doctor, was an outspoken critic of the US government's Covid-19 policies during the pandemic. During the …

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Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH

NPR

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health researcher, to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health. "I don't think that Jay Bhattacharya belongs anywhere near the NIH, much less in the director's office," says Angela Rasmussen, …

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Trump picks NIH critic Jay Bhattacharya to lead the agency

Politico

Health officials failed the public during the pandemic by supporting lockdowns, school closures and mandates, Bhattacharya wrote, adding, “Yet the officials continue to deny their own culpability, avoiding a long look in the mirror.” “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 …

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Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Kolkata-born professor appointed by Trump to lead US health agency?

Firstpost

Stanford University professor and health policy expert Jay Bhattacharya has been appointed as the Director of the National Institutes of Health by US President-elect Donald Trump. If confirmed by the Senate, the Indian-origin academic will lead the world’s top medical research agency US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya as the Director of the National Institutes of Health, …

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Republican-led U.S. Congressional report findings on COVID’s origins explained

'More harm than good': Trump nominee expected to push 'high-risk' health research

From Harmeet Dhillon to Vivek Ramaswamy, the Indian-Americans in Trump 2.0

What is a food pharmacy? The emerging concept underscores the importance of food as medicine

'Cancel culture' colleges could soon see money targeted by Trump's NIH pick: report

Trump’s team looking at withholding massive research grants from universities that are too ‘woke’

US House Subcommittee report on COVID-19 reveals shocking details: NIH conducted virus research in Wuhan, lockdowns caused rampant fraud and corruption and more

Trump 2.0: Hindu values, Indian-Americans take centre stage

Trump is taking the mask off after lying to us for more than a year

Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s research czar

Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

Elon Musk Hails Jay Bhattacharya's Appointment As The Lead Of US Medical Research Agency NIH

'More terrible news': Critics blast Trump's latest pick of a 'fringe' doctor to head NIH

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

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"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

Meet Jay Bhattacharya, Kolkata-born Stanford academic set to lead National Institutes of Health under Donald Trump

Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH?

Stanford academic Jay Bhattacharya is Trump's pick to lead US health agency

Trump turns to critic of COVID mandates to run NIH

Trump picks NIH critic Jay Bhattacharya to lead the agency

Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Kolkata-born professor appointed by Trump to lead US health agency?