Trump Nominates Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head NIH; Israel–Hezbollah Cease-Fire Takes Effect

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. Bhattacharya has called for reforming the NIH by reducing the power of many of its longest-serving officials....