HHS includes federal agencies and departments like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested environmental factors may be behind the rise in autism rates without evidence. NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports.April 16, 2025 ...

In July 2024, HHS reorganized the Office of the National Coordinator into the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, expanding its scope to oversee department-level technology ...

The entire HHS office responsible for setting federal poverty guidelines was fired without warning or knowledge transfer. Without these experts, millions relying on Medicaid, food stamps, and other ...

The small team, with technical data expertise, worked out of HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, or ASPE. Their dismissal mirrored others across HHS, which came ...

But some HHS workers are skeptical that the restructuring will achieve Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stated goals. In a statement announcing a 20,000-employee reduction in force at the end ...

Kennedy Jr. and KOAT's Faith Egbuonu on measles outbreak As Kennedy exited, KOAT's Faith Egbuonu asked the HHS secretary about the measles outbreak in New Mexico. He responded to questions ...

The Trump administration continues to prove it doesn’t care about disabled and aging Americans. One time my mom called me by mistake and left a three-minute-long voice message, during which I ...

At about 9 a.m. Wednesday, Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado led a group of fellow Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee into the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters ...

HHS said it anticipates the changes will save $1.8 billion per year, but along with the changes came massive grant cuts across the country, including several awarded to organizations in Colorado.

The judge’s decision followed a request from the federal government asking for the temporary injunction to become permanent so the HHS could move forward with an appeal. Now, the federal health ...

That organization too is controlled by HHS. Those reductions coincided with numerous cuts to government services by the Trump administration in its efforts to trim government spending. Matthew ...