Sep 24, 2025
Sep 24, 2025
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America's Autism Crisis + AI Science with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya
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‘Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is one of the country’s top medical experts and a 24-year professor of medicine at Stanford. After being censored and deplatformed during COVID for his role in opposing harsh lockdowns, he was appointed Director of the National Institutes of Health by President Trump in 2025. Erik Torenberg, Vineeta Agarwala, and Jorge Conde join Dr. Bhattacharya to discuss the administration’s role in tackling the autism crisis, how to restore public trust in health authorities, how to make the NIH more dynamic and efficient, and how to streamline publishing and restore academic freedom.’
*The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests in this show are not necessarily the views of Children’s Health Defense.