HHS announced plans to reevaluate agency practices to ensure they meet requirements under the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from being used for elective abortions.
A memo from the NIH's acting director indicated research and clinical studies that began prior to Trump's inauguration can continue among the Trump administration's freeze on HHS activities.
President Trump said he would take health agencies in a new direction on the campaign trail and has chosen some controversial nominees to help him achieve his goal, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for HHS secretary.
The work of the Department of Health and Human Services affects every American in many ways. Overview of the organization, its services, and why that work matters.
Of five major HHS agency offices focused on health equity, only one has taken down its website amid President Trump's executive orders to end federal government diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.
As confirmation hearings begin for RFK Jr. nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, many are focused on domestic agenda. The agency has a vast global scope as well.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections. | HHS on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections.
In a video posted on Jan. 28, Caroline Kennedy urged the Senate to reject the nomination of her cousin Robert F. Kennedy to be secretary of Health and Human Services.
An advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is escalating its fight against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this time with an ad that uses President Trump’s past criticisms of Kennedy to
In a video posted on Jan. 28, Caroline Kennedy urged the Senate to reject the nomination of her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Caroline Kennedy’s condemnation of RFK Jr. is the “most important” public statement made about any Trump nominee in which she urged senators to reject him as unfit and argued that her father and uncles “would be unanimously disgusted” by the idea of RFK Jr.