Senate Democrats press HHS over FDA firings
A pair of Democratic senators are pushing back against the Trump administration’s decision to terminate a host of positions ...
Trump admin launches probe into extremely lax HHS vetting for migrant kids that left thousands vulnerable to sex trafficking and exploitation
The report details egregious cases where migrants provided images that were obviously fake or doctored in their applications ...
FactChecking RFK Jr.'s first interview as HHS Secretary
In Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first interview as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he made multiple ...
HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science
In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the agency ...
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
A CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed. It was the first vaccine meeting since ...
HHS postpones meeting of key CDC vaccine panel, one week after RFK Jr. sworn in
The first meeting of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory committee since Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...
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HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’
The CDC was ordered to shelve promotions it developed for a variety of vaccines after Health Secretary RFK Jr. said he wants ...
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HHS issues new ‘sex-based definitions’ following Trump executive orders
HHS said it was implementing Trump’s executive order directing the government “to recognize two sexes, male and female. These ...
Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge
Eight recent former leaders of federal health agencies under the Biden administration -- including former NIH Director Monica ...
Riley Gaines featured in Trump HHS website that builds on 'two sexes' executive order
An HHS website devoted to women's health issues features a new video with women's sports activist Riley Gaines and builds on President Trump's "two sexes" executive order.
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HHS’ national health security division must be preserved
The small but mighty Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at HHS is remarkably efficient — and vital to ...
RFK Jr. targets transgender protections in one of first moves at HHS
The moves by the Department of Health and Human Services represent a substantial shift in the government’s philosophy on ...