Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health economist who gained notoriety for his criticism of the NIH’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, secured the confirmation with a 53-to-47 party-line vote ...

Jau Bhattacharya, who is an Indian-origin professor at Stanford School of Medicine, is confirmed as the Director of NIH.

A suspect with a history of criminal offenses was detained after holding a nine-year-old girl hostage on a rooftop in Bac ...