The far-reaching HHS has more than 80,000 employees and oversees several major health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

HHS oversees the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which provides health insurance coverage for a significant portion of the U.S. population. The agency also oversees the Centers for ...

Experts have warned that cuts at HHS could hamstring Kennedy’s ability to push forward his own priorities, including making changes to vaccine policies and eliminating unhealthy foods.

Approximately 80,000 employees with the Department of Health and Human Services received an email on Friday offering a “voluntary separation incentive payment” to resign their jobs. NBC News ...

“As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress, the rate of autism in American children has skyrocketed,” HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement late Friday.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration is set to face the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday morning, and he’s likely to ...

The top communications official at Health and Human Services has stepped down after just weeks on the job — as it was revealed he clashed with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the ...

By removing public comments, HHS may be able to enact regulations disproportionately impacting some communities without meaningful engagement of those most adversely affected. “For decades HHS ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a fair amount to say about the measles outbreak in Texas. Much of what he said, however, was demonstrably untrue. By Steve Benen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced some ...

On February 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a letter rescinding with immediate effect its March 2022 “HHS Notice and ...