The new President of the United States, Donald Trump, has expressed confidence in another Indian.
He has appointed Jai Bhattacharya as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya is a resident of Kolkata.
He is an economist and received his medical education from Stanford University. Bhattacharya will oversee the $47.3 billion budget. It has been kept to be spent on medical research.
Let us tell you that America’s National Institutes of Health manages 27 institutions and health centers.
The purpose of its establishment is to work on early stage research from vaccines to new medicines during the pandemic. NIH plays an important role in public health research and innovation in the United States.
Jai Bhattacharya had criticized US health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. In October 2020, together with two scholars, published the “Great Barrington Declaration”. In this he said that people who are not affected by Corona virus should be allowed to return to normal life. At the same time, sensitive people should be protected.
Jai Bhattacharya had also filed a lawsuit against the US government, in which he alleged that the government pressured social media platforms to censor his views.
Bhattacharya holds a doctorate in economics from Stanford University and is also a research assistant at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the director of the Stanford Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.
With the appointment of Jai Bhattacharya, Donald Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been announced as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The appointments of Kennedy and Bhattacharya signal significant changes in US health leadership.
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