The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is becoming the new acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH head, will also serve as acting CDC director, two Trump administration officials told The Epoch Times on Feb. 18 on condition of anonymity.
The NIH and CDC are both part of the Department of Health and Human Services, which is led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Bhattacharya, 58, will be the acting director “until a permanent CDC director is nominated and confirmed,” a White House official told The Epoch Times in an email….
National Institutes of Health Director to Serve as Acting CDC Director
