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.

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

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,

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.

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.

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.

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

Collins "inverts the meaning" of systematic review's assessment of mask evidence, critic says. Top FDA official becomes high-ranking Pfizer official, a typical exit for public health regulators, weeks after leaving to avoid Trump.