When healthcare met politics with time running out: 3 new developments

Trump, Makary, Jay B, RFK Jr.

President Trump signs executive orders related to healthcare on May 5, 2025. Flanking the President are, from left, FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Photo from WhiteHouse.gov/gallery. 

The director of the National Institutes of Health and his principal deputy are touting their success at ‘curing’ the agency of its self-inflicted DEI disability.