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NIH director Bhattacharya to temporarily serve as CDC director
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NIH director Bhattacharya to temporarily serve as CDC director

The Hill · Feb 18, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya will serve as interim director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following the reported exit of Jim O’Neill, a Trump administration official confirmed Wednesday. It was reported last week that O’Neill, who also served as deputy secretary of the Department of Health and...

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