Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week fired Chief of Staff Heather Flick Melanson and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Hannah Anderson, Trump administration officials ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving ahead with a plan to cut 10,000 jobs after the Supreme Court lifted a pause on the layoffs.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two top leaders at the department, chief of staff ...

February 22, 2025 (Washington D.C.) - The Senate last week confirmed anti-vaccine activist Robert F.. Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on a party-line vote, with ...

ECRI assessed evidence surrounding single-use vs. reprocessed medical devices in hospitals WILLOW GROVE, Pa., July 14, 2025 ...

If I have sounded like a broken record these past months, it is because these developments in American public health are as ...

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has again notified an agency judge that the marijuana rescheduling process remains stalled under the Trump administration. It’s been six months since DEA ...

The tax, spending and policy bill making its way through Congress seeks to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget cuts. Progress on overdose deaths could be lost, experts warn.

The department ranges from services to assist the community with behavioral and mental health, homelessness, substance use, public health and various welfare programs. Morales previously served as ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is restoring several programs and bringing back the staffers who run them, but much of the agency's work is still on the chopping block.