Bhattacharya will continue in his current duties as NIH director until a permanent CDC director is nominated and confirmed, according to the White House official. He replaces Jim O'Neill, who served ...

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has reportedly been tapped to temporarily lead the CDC. Dr. Bhattacharya will replace interim Acting Director Jim O'Neill. The Trump ...

Bhattacharya will be the third leader of the embattled CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, during President Donald Trump’s second term. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired ...

The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, will also take on the temporary role of acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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