Tag: HHS
RFK Jr. cuts jobs at minority health offices at HHS
Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building, after it was reported that the Tru [...]
CMS makes job cuts as RKF Jr. guts HHS
An aerial of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesThe Cen [...]
RFK Jr. plans 10,000 HHS job cuts
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, [...]
Vaccine stocks fall as Senate advances RFK Jr. HHS nomination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before a Senate Health, Education [...]
Can RFK Jr. Limit Ozempic Access as HHS Chief? Here’s What to Know
President-elect Donald J. Trump is set to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department, where he would have limited [...]
RFK Jr. is Trump pick for HHS secretary. Here’s what he could do
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes an announcement on the future of his campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 23, 2024 [...]
Vaccine maker stocks fall as Trump chooses RFK Jr. to lead HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Phoenix on Aug. 23, 2024.Thomas Machowicz | ReutersShares of vaccine makers fell Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump nom [...]
FTC, HHS examining cause of generic drug shortages
A variety of generic pills and capsules. Nenov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said it is examining the role that dr [...]
Cannabis ETFs rise after HHS recommendation on marijuana
An employee of Aurora Deutschland GmbH, a manufacturer of medical Cannabis products, inspects a flowering Cannabis plant in a greenhouse in Leuna, Ger [...]
HHS wants to reclassify marijuana: What it means
A worker sets up Florist Farms cannabis products on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales at the Housing Works Cannabis Co. in New York, [...]
HHS calls for easing marijuana restrictions
James Romano trims flower while working in the CommCan processing facility in Medway, Massachusetts, Oct. 27, 2021.Erin Clark | Boston Globe | Getty I [...]
Updated Covid vaccines should have ‘reasonable’ prices: HHS
A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine's Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois, Dec. 30, 2021.B [...]
Biden HHS to provide free Covid vaccines for uninsured through 2024
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massa [...]
Pharmacies risk violating civil rights laws if they deny access to drugs that can be used for abortion, HHS says
The Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday warned U.S. retail pharmacies that they risk violating civil rights law if they deny access to m [...]
HHS says doctors must provide abortions in emergencies
Physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies under federal law and will face penalties if they decline to offer the procedure in these cas [...]