Besides showing skepticism on the budget, senators grilled the NIH director about a leadership vacuum, two viral outbreaks, and the pace of funding.
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Thursday.Drew ANGERER / AFP via Getty Images
By Anil Oza
May 21, 2026
General Assignment Reporter
Anil Oza
Watch as NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya is questioned by the Senate Appropriations Committee this morning on President Trump’s…
Without easy access to leaders within a field or top-of-the-line lab equipment, principal investigators outside top universities…
An NIH leadership vacuum has persisted for months, with 15 of the 27 institutes being led by acting directors.
“Trump has committed that the U.S. be the leading nation in biomedicine,” Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya told skeptical senators in…
The following is the transcript of an interview with National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya that aired on…
ep. Eli Crane delivered a fiery grilling of former NIH official during a House hearing accusing the agency of being "tone deaf"…
