In an ironic turn of events, a Stanford University professor whom Francis Collins, the former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), attacked, has been nominated to head that very agency. Wh

In what some are calling poetic justice, Dr Jay Bhattacharya s appointment to head the NIH comes after his predecessor, Dr Francis Collins, smeared him as a fringe character

Christian geneticist Francis Collins resigned abruptly as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). On Wednesday this week, the U.S. Senate held a confirmation hearing for a new NIH director,

"Journalist" Paul Thacker defends Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the Great Barrington Declaration by rehashing the same old deceptive rhetoric that was easily debunked when it was first employed.

Dr. Bhattacharya’s confirmation is about more than just public health—it is a referendum on how we, as a society, handle expertise, dissent, and policy-making in times of crisis. The confirmation process will reveal whether we have learned from the past or whether we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes in the next emergency.

Stanford University health policy professor and economist Jay Bhattacharya is poised to become the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after testifying before a key US Senate committee on Wednesday.

At a key hearing Wednesday, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he’s committed to providing NIH-funded scientists the resources they need. But he offered few specifics on how he’ll do that amid Trump’s plans to slash the $47 billion agency’s budget.

The Covid contrarian’s Senate confirmation hearing to lead the National Institutes of Health promises another airing of pandemic grievances.