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

Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump picks Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH The nomination completes the

President-elect Donald Trump's team has signed the agreement which allows members of the incoming administration to meet with their Biden-era counterparts ahead of the January transfer of power. And Trump continues to make staffing choices,

The Florida context From Florida Phoenix Dr. Bhattacharya was an important player in Gov. DeSantis' campaign against federal public health authorities' plan to contain spread of Covid-19 through social distancing and mask mandates,

Trump tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a vocal critic of Covid-19 lockdowns and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, as the next NIH director.

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.

Bhattacharya's nomination, alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, indicates potential shifts in vaccine policy under the Trump administration.