The verbal notice came from HHS officials in a meeting with CDC leaders, according to a federal official who was at the meeting. The official was not authorized to discuss it and spoke to the AP ...

The Trump administration will slash funding for the Obamacare “navigator” program by $360 million over the next four years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday. The first ...

That order appears to nullify sentiments that Kennedy’s influence would be limited to HHS, isolated from policy decisions at EPA, the agency with the authority to ban pesticides or restrict uses ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a.k.a RFK Jr., was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) after the latter won the 2024 presidential election.

In the event of an H5N1 flu pandemic, our best defense would be a new vaccine targeting this flu strain. As secretary of HHS, Kennedy would have to support its development, testing, and approval, lead ...

In order to win Cassidy’s support, Kennedy had, among other commitments, pledged to allow the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chair to weigh in on some staffing decisions at HHS.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr overcame some initial Republican skepticism to be confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. GOP Senator Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.

HHS climate staff were placed on leave Jan. 22, the day after Trump ordered the dismantlement of all diversity, equity and inclusion programming. Webpages about the climate office remained active ...

new HHS probe into alleged acts of antisemitism. The Trump administration is launching a civil rights investigation of four prominent medical schools over reported acts of antisemitism that ...