Jay Bhattacharya, CDC and NIH
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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget office is instructing the Department of Transportation and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to claw back more than $1.5 billion from blue states on grounds the money was being mishandled,
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has been named as the new acting director for the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it’s had only acting directors—and the White House won’t say when that will change.
White House orders CDC to rescind $602 million in funding from Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota over alleged waste and mismanagement.