Public health experts and former federal staffers are uneasy over NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s rising influence over U.S. health policy as he temporarily takes on the added role of leading the CDC. The Trump administration announced the leadership shake-up this week, with former interim CDC Director Jim O'Neill being moved out of HHS. "Candidly, this is someone who very clearly has an ax to grind with science and the scientific community in general," Kayla Hancock, director of Protect our Care's Public Health Watch project, said of Bhattacharya.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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