A watchdog office that received a whistleblower complaint from a doctor removed as head of a health office said he should be reinstated while officials investigate, according to the doctor’s lawyers.
Dr. Rick Bright headed the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), an office that’s part of the Department of Health of Human Services (HHS). Bright says the removal as head of BARDA stems from his attempts to push back against politically-motivated promotion of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, two malaria drugs being used to treat COVID-19 patients.
