>>NIH Director Pledges To Direct Scientific Community Towards Health Issues Affecting Virginians
(Washington, D.C.) -- The new director of the National Institutes of Health has made a pledge to help Virginians. Director Jay Bhattacharya [[ba-ta-CHA-ria]] spoke at a press conference and made comments on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior's push for new research on autism.Preview: He says there's been no increase in life expectancy for Americans since 2012.Preview: Bhattacharya says he is directing the scientific community to focus their work on more urgent health issues facing the public.