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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walks to the House Chamber before President Donald Trump addresses to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

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 Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as a $25,000 payment.
March 9
A sign stands at an entrance to the main campus of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS

February 20
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing as Trump’s nominee for health secretary

January 29
President Donald Trump talks about drug prices during a visit to the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, Oct. 25, 2018. HHS Secretary Alex Azar listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts

January 22
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives at the Hart Building to meet with senators at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump’s pick to lead health agency

December 17, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. describes major measles outbreak as ‘not unusual’ during Cabinet meeting

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said the nation’s major measles outbreak is “not unusual,” as a child who was not vaccinated died from the virus in West Texas.
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Scientists protest Trump’s federal layoffs and funding cuts to health agencies

Federal workers against DOGE gather in Washington, DC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as the nation’s health secretary

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FILE - Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home, March 1, 2024, in Front Royal, Va. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs

November 26, 2024
Victims are emotional during a news conference with survivors of abused and neglected youth at residential treatment facilities (RTFs) and advocates, on the need for Congress to act to protect children and reform RTFs, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says

June 26, 2024
FILE - Migrant teens line up for a class at a "tender-age" facility for babies, children and teens, in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, in San Benito, Texas, Aug. 29, 2019. The Biden administration struggled to properly vet and monitor the homes where they placed a surge of migrant children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021. That's according to a federal watchdog report released Thursday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay File)

Biden administration failed to vet adults housing migrant children, federal watchdog says

February 15, 2024
A "Welcome to Mexico" sign in Reynosa, Mexico is seen from Hidalgo, Texas, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Veronica G. Cardenas)

US often didn’t screen workers at migrant centers: Watchdog

May 4, 2023
FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference at the HHS Humphrey Building, Oct. 18, 2022, in Washington. The Biden administration said Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, that it is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of migrant children in the U.S. who are being illegally exploited for labor. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

White House promises crackdown on migrant child labor

February 28, 2023
FILE - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on Jan. 11, 2023. The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, that would split the Department of Health and Human Resources into three new departments. Justice last year vetoed a bill passed by lawmakers that would have split the agency into two parts. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)

West Virginia House OKs bill to break ailing DHHR into three

February 14, 2023

Gov.-elect Moore announces Cabinet posts

January 12, 2023
FILE - Baby formula is displayed on the shelves of a grocery store in Carmel, Ind. on May 10, 2022. On Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, a panel called for changes at the FDA, the federal agency that oversees most of the nation's food supply, saying revamped leadership, a clear mission and more urgency are needed to prevent illness outbreaks and to promote good health. Experts called the report a strong “first step” to addressing longstanding internal issues that have contributed to problems such as the contaminated infant formula that led to a nationwide shortage this year. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Panel calls for stronger leadership of FDA foods program

December 6, 2022

UNC to get infectious disease treatment designation

November 12, 2022
FILE - A volunteer unloads bottled water at a cooling center established to help vulnerable residents ride out a dangerous heat wave on Aug. 11, 2021. Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover certain climate change expenses under its Medicaid program. State health officials say the low-income health plan will cover devices such as air conditioners, air filters and generators (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Oregon to cover health-related climate expenses

September 29, 2022

WVa programs receiving $7.9M in federal funding awards

September 29, 2022
FILE - American Rescue Plan Coordinator and senior adviser Gene Sperling speaks during the American Rescue Plan Workforce Summit held in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, on July 13, 2022. On Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, Biden administration officials announced financial support for expansion of mobile mental health crisis intervention teams in Oregon. Sperling said: "Putting all the burdens on police departments and law enforcement often overwhelms them and often is not the best and most effective response." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US support to go for mental health crisis teams in Oregon

September 13, 2022

Tennessee receives $5M to prevent maternal deaths

September 7, 2022
FILE - This undated photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. Florida sued federal health officials on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 over what the state alleges is the stalling of its plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Florida sues FDA over ‘delay’ of low-cost drug importations

August 31, 2022

Religious health care providers beat ACA restriction appeal

August 30, 2022

US offers more monkeypox vaccine to states and cities

August 15, 2022
FILE - Jonathan Parducho, a pharmacist, removes a tray of vials of of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox from a box containing 20 doses, in the vaccine hub at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, July 29, 2022, in San Francisco. The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 Americans. That's according to two people familiar with the matter said. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

US declares public health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

August 5, 2022
FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference June 28, 2022, in Washington. The number of people living in America without health insurance coverage hit an all-time low of 8 percent this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Number of uninsured Americans drops to record low

August 2, 2022

Data breach at health care organization may affect 2 million

June 8, 2022

North Dakota-based healthcare billing services group hacked

April 25, 2022

Mother nears settlement over clinic failure to report abuse

February 28, 2022

UNMC receives $2.2M grant to address nursing burnout

February 21, 2022

Connecticut exceeds 10,000 COVID-related deaths in pandemic

February 1, 2022

Child abuse report: Deaths of Black children up in pandemic

January 25, 2022

Newspaper: Maine monoclonal doses drop with testing backlog

January 23, 2022

5 WVa health centers to receive $8.3 million in grants

January 10, 2022

New Hampshire gets $571K for telehealth in North Country

December 18, 2021

Rural health care providers in Rhode Island getting help

December 4, 2021

Maine university to pilot senior nutrition program

November 25, 2021

Durbin seeks probe of Chicago shelter for Afghan children

November 3, 2021
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