Trump’s firings strike the nation’s health agencies
Many of those terminated worked on issues critical to consumers, from improving health care to regulating food packaging to ...
HHS’ workforce purge continues
TURMOIL AT HHS — The past weekend brought a chaotic purge of the federal workforce across the nation’s health agencies, POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn, Megan Messerly and David Lim report.
NIH research funding drops $1B under Trump administration
Federal funding for medical research has dropped by roughly $1 billion this year, raising alarm among universities, medical ...
What does HHS do? What to know as RFK confirmed as Trump's health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s health secretary Thursday, but what exactly does the Health and Human Services Department do and what is his role?
DOGE reportedly fired the FDA employees who were reviewing clinical trials for Elon Musk’s Neuralink
The Department of Government Efficiency fired the FDA employees who were responsible for overseeing the clinical trial ...
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Scientists React to RFK, Jr.’s Confirmation as HHS Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has expressed support for some fields of science but has also declared he’d like a “break” in ...
‘Make America Healthy Again’ Commission Established Following RFK Jr.’s HHS Confirmation
The commission aligns with priorities Kennedy shared during his confirmation hearing such as shifting to studying chronic ...