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 ...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, ...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 ...Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing
September 4, 2025
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his ...Trump's new CDC chief: A Washington health insider with a libertarian streak
August 29, 2025
Jim O’Neill, a former investor, critic of health regulations and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s deputy, is taking control of the Centers for ...Washington, Oregon and California governors form alliance in rebuke of Trump administration
September 3, 2025
The Democratic governors of Washington state, Oregon and California announced Wednesday that they have created an alliance to establish their own recommendations for who ...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” ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...The Latest: RFK Jr. adviser will serve as acting CDC leader after director’s firing, AP source says
August 28, 2025
Jim O’Neill, a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign
August 27, 2025
The director of the nations top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency ...The Latest: Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress
August 29, 2025
In a letter sent Thursday to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he would not be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally ...CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling
August 28, 2025
The nation’s top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...The Latest: Trump effort to control US capital expands to Union Station
August 27, 2025
As President Donald Trump asserts his power to control the nation’s capital, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department will manage Union ...The Latest: Fed governor to sue Trump, saying he can't legally fire her
August 26, 2025
Financial markets worldwide have been rattled by President Donald Trumps announcement that he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook , an unprecedented move and ...The Latest: Justice Department releases transcript interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell
August 22, 2025
The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration ...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 ...Bad diets, too many meds, no exercise: A look inside the latest 'Make America Healthy Again' report
August 15, 2025
A report that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised will improve the health of America’s children does not ...