Donald Trump has nominated Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic containment measures, to head the National Institutes of Health.

Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic containment measures and anti-COV vaccines, has been tapped by Trump to head the NIH, along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. They will work together to coordinate the nation's medical research. Bhattacharya's selection underscores the pandemic's continuing impact on public health policy.