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The withdrawal follows a review that questioned the intelligence assessments' methodology and treatment of evidence.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director and acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), arrives to testify before a U.S. House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee oversight hearing on the National Institutes of Health, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 17, 2026.
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