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politics19 days ago•1 min saved

Bipartisan pressure forces White House to scrap NIH grant control plan

The White House has abandoned a planned executive order that would have granted political appointees veto power over National Institutes of Health grants. The move follows intense bipartisan opposition from Congress, particularly from Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, who argued the plan would undermine merit-based scientific funding. While the order is effectively dead, officials may revisit similar strategies after the midterm elections.

via STAT|

#congress #jay-bhattacharya #nih

politics19 days ago•1 min saved

White House Abandons Plan to Politicize NIH Grant Decisions After Bipartisan Pushback

The White House has dropped a planned executive order that would have transferred control of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants to a board of political appointees. The move follows intense pressure from Senator Susan Collins and bipartisan opposition in Congress. While the administration has paused the specific order, officials may revisit the issue after the midterm elections.

via Politico|

#harvard #jay-bhattacharya #nih

politics20 days ago•86 min saved

White House Pauses NIH Grant Order After Congressional Pushback

The Trump administration has paused its plan to issue an executive order that would allow political appointees to veto National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. This move follows intense pushback from Congress, particularly Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, who warned that the order could jeopardize the passage of a critical stopgap spending bill in December. While the White House is currently backing off the original proposal, officials indicate they may revisit the issue after the midterm elections with a less overtly political approach.

via thebulwark.com|

#jay-bhattacharya #nih #politics

politics20 days ago•11 min saved

Collins Warns White House to Abandon Plan to Politicize NIH Grants

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins urged the White House to drop plans for an executive order that would give OMB Director Russ Vought a veto over National Institutes of Health grants. The proposal, discussed in a Friday Oval Office meeting, aims to create a board to review grants based on political alignment rather than scientific merit. Collins argued the move violates congressional intent and undermines peer review, while Democrats condemned the plan as an attempt to censor research.

via politico.com|

#executive-order #jay-bhattacharya #nih

politics22 days ago•5 min saved

NIH Director Defies Trump on Harvard Funding, Sparking New Political Control Push

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya refused President Trump’s demand to cut Harvard’s federal research grants during a Friday Oval Office meeting. In response, Trump directed OMB Director Russ Vought to draft an executive order creating a political board to veto NIH grants, marking a major escalation in the administration’s effort to control biomedical research funding.

via The Harvard Crimson|

#harvard #jay-bhattacharya #nih

politics22 days ago

White House Drafts Order to Place NIH Grants Under Political Veto

The White House is drafting an executive order to create an external board with veto power over National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding. The move, driven by OMB Director Russell Vought, aims to block research deemed 'woke' or misaligned with President Trump’s agenda, replacing traditional peer review with political oversight. This follows a contentious Oval Office meeting where Trump demanded cuts to Harvard funding, which NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya refused.

via The Guardian|

#jay-bhattacharya #nih #politics

politics23 days ago•12 min saved

White House Drafts Order to Place NIH Grants Under Political Veto

The White House is drafting an executive order to create an external committee with veto power over National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, aiming to align biomedical research funding with President Trump’s political agenda. The move follows a contentious Friday meeting where OMB Director Russell Vought clashed with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya over funding priorities, including a failed attempt to cut Harvard University’s grants. While the NIH asserts all appropriated funds will be spent, the proposed board would require unanimous decisions, effectively giving political appointees control over the agency’s $48 billion budget.

via The New York Times|

#executive-order #jay-bhattacharya #nih

politics23 days ago•4 min saved

Trump Orders Budget Chief to Draft NIH Grant Control Board After Harvard Funding Clash

President Trump has directed White House Budget Director Russ Vought to draft an executive order establishing a new board to control National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding. The move follows a Friday Oval Office meeting where Trump asked NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to cut funding for Harvard University, a request Bhattacharya refused. The proposed board would include Vought and Bhattacharya, requiring unanimous decisions on grants, effectively giving Vought a veto over the agency's $48 billion budget. This escalation aims to bypass congressional restrictions on earlier attempts to politicize federal health research funding.

via Politico|

#harvard-university #jay-bhattacharya #nih

politics2 months ago•48 min saved

NIH Director Praises Measles Vaccine While Backing Trump’s Vaccine Overhaul

NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya praised vaccinating children against measles as admirable on Fox News while defending President Trump’s executive order to shrink universally recommended vaccines from 18 to 11 and move toward three separate MMR shots, a shift experts warn could leave children vulnerable longer; the context includes CDC data showing 2,465 measles cases and 38 outbreaks in 2026, and Bhattacharya’s view that the change would increase trust between parents and the government.

via Yahoo|

#jay-bhattacharya #measles-vaccine #mmr

politics2 months ago•6 min saved

Public Health Trust Eroded, Bhattacharya Says in CBS Face-Off

In a tense CBS Face the Nation interview, NIH acting head Jay Bhattacharya argued that public trust in health officials has declined, blaming misinformation and government messaging from the COVID-19 era—including mask mandates—for the erosion; host Margaret Brennan pressed him on the role of Biden-era policies and vaccine debates, while Bhattacharya defended vaccines and school reopenings as essential, calling for broader accountability beyond any single administration.

via Politico|

#covid-19 #face-the-nation #jay-bhattacharya

politics4 months ago•115 min saved

RFK Jr. MIA at HHS as Leadership Vacuum Roils Agency

A New York Times exposé portrays RFK Jr. as largely absent from running the Health and Human Services Department, leaving morale at a low and a widening leadership vacuum as crises like Ebola loom; staff say he concentrates on his own priorities, delegates key decisions to adviser Stefanie Spear, and stays in touch mainly with an interim figure (Dr. Jay Bhattacharya) while vaccine-skeptic views guide his approach.

via The Daily Beast|

#department-of-health-and-human-services #jay-bhattacharya #politics

politics4 months ago•111 min saved

Trump’s Medical Freedom Promise Meets Lockdown Reality

Trump’s administration, long vocal about medical freedom, has imposed strict quarantines and entry restrictions in response to Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks, including quarantining Hondius passengers; critics say the moves echo COVID-era overreach, while officials frame them as science-driven containment with tighter in-person monitoring at points of entry.

via The Daily Beast|

#ebola #hantavirus #jay-bhattacharya

health6 months ago•264 min saved

CDC Acting Director Delayed Vaccine-Effectiveness Paper Over Methodology Concerns

The CDC’s acting director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, reportedly delayed the release of an MMWR study showing Covid vaccines reduce severe illness, citing concerns about the observational method; the paper, based on a test‑negative design, was expected to indicate about a 50% reduction in severe outcomes among adults with the 2025‑26 vaccine formulation. Officials say leadership routinely reviews papers for methodological issues, while critics within and around the Trump administration have framed vaccine research debates as political interference. If the MMWR paper isn’t published, the authors could submit the findings to a medical journal after further analysis.

via AOL.com|

#cdc #covid-vaccines #health

science7 months ago•5 min saved

NIH kicks off 'Scientific Freedom' lectures with fringe climate and lab-leak advocate

The NIH launches a 'Scientific Freedom Lectures' series led by director Jay Bhattacharya, starting with Matthew Ridley, a British science journalist known for fringe climate ideas and support for the COVID lab-leak theory, raising questions about the series’ scientific basis and Bhattacharya’s drive for NIH reform in light of mainstream evidence on SARS-CoV-2 origins and climate science.

via Ars Technica|

#covid-lab-leak #jay-bhattacharya #matthew-ridley

politics7 months ago•23 min saved

White House taps Great Barrington co-author to lead the CDC (acting)

The White House named Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of the CDC’s pandemic response and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, to lead the CDC on an acting basis.

via The Washington Post|

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention #covid-19 #great-barrington-declaration