First Thing: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon takes effect Reports of cars heading south inside Lebanon despite Israeli army warning. Plus, record South Korea snowfall The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024
Trump pick for US health agency proposed ‘herd immunity’ during Covid Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies The Guardian - US · Nov 27, 2024
Trump announces more picks including US trade chief and health deputy Attorney Jamieson Greer to play key role in trade team and John O’Neill picked to be RFK Jr’s health department deputy The Guardian - US · Nov 27, 2024
Trump picks Covid lockdown skeptic as head of key national health agency Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Stanford-educated physician who gained prominence after questioning the efficacy of social distancing at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya To Lead National Institutes Of Health President-elect Trump appoints Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH, emphasizing medical research and healthcare advancements. Top News · Nov 27, 2024
Trump names pick for NIH director - Roll Call Trump says he has picked Stanford physician Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH and Jim O’Neill to serve as the deputy secretary of HHS. Roll Call · Nov 26, 2024
Jay Bhattacharya on COVID, Social Media Censorship, and Trump vs. Biden "It’s not like public health is infallible," the Stanford professor and Great Barrington Declaration author tells Reason's Nick Gillespie. Reason · Jun 25, 2024
Jay Bhattacharya: 'I Sued the Biden Administration for COVID Censorship' Bhattacharya explains the stakes of Murthy v. Missouri, the politicization of medical research, and his RFK Jr. endorsement. Reason · Jun 5, 2024
Social Media Censorship and The First Amendment Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates St. John University's Kate Klonick on the federal government's role in social media censorship. Reason · Dec 22, 2023
Social Media Censorship: Jay Bhattacharya vs. Kate Klonick Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates St. John University's Kate Klonick on the federal government's role in social media censorship. Reason · Dec 17, 2023
'The Science' Suffers from Self-Inflicted Political Wounds A separation of science and politics might be called for. Reason · Nov 20, 2023
What makes Elon Musk tick? I spent months following the same people as him to find out who fuels his curious worldview Tucker Carlson, Greta Thunberg, Covid sceptics, military historians, the royal family … What would my time immersed in the Twitter/X owner’s feed reveal about the richest man in the world? The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2023
Gavin Newsom Spins Revisionist History of His COVID Record Plus: internet censorship, outdoor dining land grabs, and more... Reason · Sep 11, 2023
Reason · Sep 5, 2023 The University of Michigan Will Force Students With COVID To Leave Campus A likely consequence: Sick students will avoid going to the university hospital.
Reason · Aug 18, 2023 Jay Bhattacharya & John Vecchione: Biden's Social Media Meddling Was Illegal Plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden allege that federal pressure to remove and suppress COVID-19 material on Facebook and Twitter violates the First Amendment.
Reason · Aug 16, 2023 Was Biden's Social Media Meddling Illegal? Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern for a live discussion with Jay Bhattacharya and John Vecchione about their legal case against the Biden administration.
Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2023 Michael Hiltzik: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price They've held credentials from some of the world's most elite universities — Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Oxford. They've been welcomed into the highest government policy councils. They became fixtures on television news shows and were quoted incessantly by some of the nation's leading newspapers.
Chicago Tribune · Feb 9, 2023 Commentary: Suppressing debate on COVID-19 policies leads to mistrust in public health China has abandoned its "COVID-zero" campaign, and with the loosening of social restrictions, the country has shifted its focus from preventing COVID-19 infections to managing them. As part of that program, Li Guangxi, with China’s State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, gave an interview last month encouraging people to…
Reason · Jan 9, 2023 Did 'Every Conspiracy Theory' About Twitter Turn Out To Be True? The internal company documents offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the federal agencies distorted the public debate on one of the world's largest social media platforms.
Tribune News Service · Jan 3, 2023 Internet goes berserk over Stanford ‘language guide’ that discourages use of ‘American’ and ‘survivor’ STANFORD, Calif. — From the internet to the national media to the holiday dinner table, much of the country has seemed to be up in arms in recent weeks over a newly discovered Stanford University “language guide” that discourages the use of words like “American,” “survivor” and “freshman” — steps…
Salon · Dec 16, 2022 Meet Elon Musk's favorite new doctor The right's new darling is a Stanford doctor who is mistrustful of mRNA vaccines and lockdowns
Los Angeles Times · Dec 15, 2022 Michael Hiltzik: By embracing anti-Fauci and QAnon conspiracies, Musk tests how low Twitter can sink People trying to track the intellectual and moral deterioration of Twitter under its new owner, Elon Musk, have gotten a few more data points to work with in recent days.
Reason · Dec 6, 2022 California Law Strips Licenses from 'Misinformation'-Spreading Doctors "You have this looming power over you that essentially can end your career," says Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya.
Reason · Nov 18, 2022 Never Lock Down Again? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates Yale's Sten Vermund on COVID-19 lockdowns, focused protection, and the Great Barrington Declaration.