The Trump administration is running out of time to select a nominee to run the CDC if it wants NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who’s also serving as the CDC’s acting director, to stay in dual roles.

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The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman from Florida, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A source familiar with the ...

Former Stanford Medical School professor Jay Bhattacharya B.A. ’89 M.A. ’90 M.D. ’97 Ph.D. ’00 has been tapped to serve as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

HHS Deputy Security Jim O'Neill is currently acting CDC director, having taken over in August after HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the former director.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who directs the National Institute of Health, is taking over as acting director of the Centers for Disease ...

Running a major federal health agency is a significant, high-stakes leadership role, particularly during an outbreak or other public health threat. Placing one person in charge of running two agencies ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CDC has been without a permanent director for much of President Trump’s second term. Bhattacharya takes the ...

Public health experts and former federal staffers are uneasy over National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya’s rising influence over U.S. health policy as he temporarily takes on ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya’s influence over public health has grown two-fold now that he’s assumed temporary control over the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, is expected to take on an additional role as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The ...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who directs the National Institute of Health, is taking over as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he confirmed to NBC News. Bhattacharya replaces ...