Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up

Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up

• Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, is now also the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an unusual arrangement tha

Consumer Tech · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 260 words
With NIH in chaos, its controversial director is taking over CDC, too

With NIH in chaos, its controversial director is taking over CDC, too

• Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, is now also the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an unusual arrangement tha

Consumer Tech · February 20, 2026 (updated February 21, 2026) · 2 min · 260 words
NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution

NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution

• At the end of January, Washington, DC, saw an extremely unusual event. • The MAHA Institute, which was set up to advocate for some of the most profoundly unscientific ideas of ou

Science · February 9, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 201 words