The US Department of Health and Human Services called off an upcoming meeting of expert advisers on preventive health care, raising questions about the future of the longtime nonpolitical advisory group.

As of May 2024, approximately 29,000 HHS employees had telework agreements, and 18,000 employees had remote-work agreements, the watchdog found.

"All these questions come into play when considering if Congress is to accept the president’s budget as it is, what the next steps would be," Jeffrey Davis said

The lack of information on new ACIP appointees stands in stark contrast to the detailed conflict-of-interest database for prior panelists that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. added to the agency’s website. The searchable page, filed under the “Radical Transparency” section, was created just a few weeks into his tenure.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is still funding hundreds of potentially discriminatory grants, a civil rights group

HHS sent an email to staff members that included a "whistle-blower questionnaire," and asked them to report cases of discrimination due to previous diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) directives, Politico reported, citing an email it obtained.

The high court's order blocks a May decision by a California court that temporarily blocked the efforts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to drastically reduce the size of his agency's workforce.

Guidance from the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services, obtained by STAT, outlines a new legal advisory process and advice to staffers on the justifications for terminations that could make them less susceptible to court challenges.

This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. In Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., […]

Despite rehiring hundreds of FDA, CDC and NIH employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is still a skeleton of its former self under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The nascent leadership team assembled by Kennedy consists of highly talented and respected experts in their fields. Let’s take a look at Kennedy’s key picks — which are an early measure of the quality of his judgement and leadership.