The Latest Breaking News from HHS

RFK Jr’s health agency shake-up leaves addiction treatment uncertain

Naloxone distribution and the 988 crisis line could also be affected

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

RFK Jr is axing 10,000 employees at Health Department in dramatic restructuring

Critics condemn cost in health and lives

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

A patient finally got off the organ transplant list. A month later, they died of rabies

Michigan health officials say there is ‘no threat’ to the public after the first human case of the disease in the state in more than 15 years

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

Doctors Claim Kids Are More at Risk With Robert Kennedy's Measles Remedy Using Vitamin A

Medical professionals are pushing back against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's claims that vitamin A is a remedy for measles.

International Business Times · Mar 27, 2025

Targeting FDA user fees would leave agency gutted, experts say - Roll Call

Critics worry that the user fee program creates a conflict of interest between the FDA and pharmaceutical companies.

Roll Call · Mar 27, 2025

Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments

Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

Senate confirms Makary for FDA commissioner - Roll Call

FDA pick, a former Johns Hopkins surgeon, seen as a less controversial nomination than some of Trump's other HHS subagency selections.

Roll Call · Mar 25, 2025

‘This Town Has Nothing’: Rural Texas’ Mental Healthcare Crisis

Against long odds, Sweetwater’s public hospital recruited counselors to help address a wave of mental health crises in rural Texas—yet struggles continue.

Texas Observer · Mar 25, 2025

Trump cancels NIH grants on equity research - Roll Call

Grantees were told that diversity, equity and inclusion studies "are often used to support unlawful discrimination on the basis of race.”

Roll Call · Mar 24, 2025

The Trump Administration's HIV Prevention Contradictions

Is shutting down the CDC's HIV prevention division a good idea?

Reason · Mar 21, 2025