President Donald Trump has terminated two advisory committees within the Department of Health and Human Services, one on long ...

Eight recent former leaders of federal health agencies under the Biden administration -- including former NIH Director Monica ...

Key Responsibilities: The CDC is tasked with tracking, managing and responding to threats to human health. Among their duties ...

The committee was designed to reduce barriers to care for people of color, LGBTQ+ people and rural Americans. A new executive ...

Medicare’s list includes drugs that cost ... for 15 additional important drugs for seniors,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. “Today’s announcement is pivotal – the Inflation Reduction ...

Fast forward to February 2023, and then-Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI or Innovation Center) would ...

Another potential headwind is Medicare drug pricing negotiations ... The move was expected, and former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told Yahoo Finance that the drugs are important due to their ...

Cassidy’s public struggle over Trump's pick for health secretary was the latest chapter in a difficult relationship with his ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. forged an alliance last year with then-candidate Donald Trump and then benefited from the GOP Senate’s ...

The department oversees agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and administers programs such as Medicare and Medicaid ... still led by former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in the Biden ...

The American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics have been silent on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as HHS secretary.

Ozempic/Wegovy is the first drug on HHS's 2025 list of Medicare price negotiations ... important drugs for seniors," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. "Today’s announcement ...