More than 10% of the staff working for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were fired this ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance updating its official definitions of terms such as sex, ...

Kennedy’s first week at HHS included dismissing the workforce, vaccine advisers and some longtime health priorities.

The Trump administration's slashing of the federal workforce in the name of cost savings has led to the termination of ...

A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out ...

The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Health and Human Services secretary, a victory for President ...

The guidance reiterates the Trump administration's stance that only male and females can be sexes and that it cannot changed.

The announcement comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14168, which affirmed the biological reality ...

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert Kennedy, Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in a 52-48 vote Thursday. Kennedy's nomination for the role was considered controversial in part ...

The approximately $600 million of the department’s budget that comes from federal funds has not been cut yet, but the concern ...