Amid measles outbreak, Trump pulls funding for vaccines
As a measles outbreak spreads across the country, 23 states are embroiled in a legal battle over $12 billion in federal ...
RFK Jr. said HHS layoffs are needed as 'Americans are getting sicker.' Here's what the data shows.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a restructure is needed at HHS due to Americans "getting sicker." But are they? Here's what the ...
Federal funding cuts have Pierce County health officials ‘reimagining’ services
Wildfire program takes hit with funding loss, while the future of pregnancy-data collection for high-risk patients now in doubt.
RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake
On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be reinstated because they were mistakenly cut.
US health department says it may ask fired staff to keep working
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands of employees fired this week from the Department of Health and Human Services and the public ...
Washington state reports another measles case. What does measles look like?
Measles rashes often start as "flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, ...
Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has offered no new details about how his massive restructuring of the nation’s health ...
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Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the agency
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the position has been held on an interim basis by Susan Monarez, whom Trump has now nominated to take the job permanently after his first ...
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Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being ...
CDC cuts threaten to set back the nation’s health, critics say
The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.
HHS Seattle office closes, Head Start staff placed on leave
Employees at the HHS regional office and a CDC occupational safety laboratory in Spokane were abruptly fired. Head Start ...