Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who has faced restrictions on social media platforms because of his views, was a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

Donald Trump plans to nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor known for his criticism of Covid lockdowns, to lead the National Institutes of Health.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, to lead the National Institutes of Health, which is US's leading medical research agency, where he will work in collaboration with Robert F.