Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation's top health department
April 2, 2025
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr . offered no new details Wednesday about his massive restructuring of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
March 9, 2025
Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and ...HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts
February 14, 2025
Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agencys roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s ...Here's where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation's top health agencies
April 1, 2025
Thousands of people responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, monitoring the safety of food and medicine, and ...Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr. for promoting 'misinformation and lies'
March 29, 2025
The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” ...The Latest: RFK Jr. set to appear on Capitol Hill for HHS confirmation hearings
January 29, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings are set to begin Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee and the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee ...Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s famous name and controversial views collide in his bid for top health job
January 27, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr . has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the ...Here's how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to remake the nation's top health agencies
November 15, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , an anti-vaccine activist and environmentalist, for years gained a loyal and fierce following with his biting condemnations of how ...CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots
May 30, 2025
The nations top public health agency posted new recommendations that say healthy children and pregnant women may get COVID-19 vaccinations, removing stronger language that ...Hospitals must obtain written consent for pelvic and similar exams, the federal government says
April 1, 2024
Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an ...Draft budget plan proposes deep cuts across federal health programs
April 17, 2025
A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nations top health agency , eliminating some public health programs ...Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring
March 27, 2025
In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones ...Live updates: Trump is in Qatar after meeting Syria’s new leader in Saudi Arabia
May 14, 2025
President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia, the first encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years ...Trump signs executive order setting 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower prescription drug costs
May 12, 2025
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs ...The Latest: Canada’s prime minister in Washington for high-stakes meeting with President Trump
May 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faced off in the Oval Office on Tuesday and showed no signs of retreating ...The Latest: Judge says US must allow migrants the chance to challenge deportations to Libya in court
May 7, 2025
A federal judge found the Trump administration can’t deport migrants to Libya — a country with a history of human rights violations — unless ...How cruise ship passengers can stay safe from the latest version of norovirus
May 5, 2025
For Americans planning cruise ship vacations this spring or summer, there could be reason to worry about more than rough seas, experts say. Recent ...President Trump speaks at ‘Invest in America’ event
April 30, 2025
The U.S. and Ukraine have announced an economic deal after a weekslong press by President Donald Trump calling on Kyiv to compensate Washington for ...This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere
April 20, 2025
In her 28 years working for the federal government, Shea Giagnorio provided day care for the children of U.S. soldiers, training for employees and ...RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted
April 12, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week highlighting ways they are trying to ...