Top US health agency updates definitions of female and male in line with Trump order
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance updating its official definitions of terms such as sex, ...
'People are going to get sick': Fired HHS scientists protest federal terminations
Bracing frigid temperatures, crowds of former and current federal workers protested the deep cuts to HHS, warning it will permanently set back scientific progress.
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out ...
HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science
In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the agency ...
Senate confirms RFK Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary
The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Health and Human Services secretary, a victory for President ...
Thousands of probationary federal health agency workers fired by letter this weekend. Here's what it said.
The move comes amid a government-wide effort to cut probationary workers by the Department of Government Efficiency task ...
The return of measles: RFK Jr. thwarts vaccines and boosts death
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in the year 2000 due to an effective vaccine. But a quarter century ...
Factbox-How hard have US agencies been hit by Trump and Musk's layoffs?
U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, have mounted a sweeping campaign to slash ...
In the Trump administration, nearly every major department is an immigration agency
As the Trump administration works on pledges to crack down on illegal immigration, the flurry of activity has stretched ...
Cancer death rate for Black people declines, but higher risk remains
Cancer deaths among Black men and women in the United States have declined during the past decade in the United States, a new American Cancer Society report says.
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Department of Health And Human Services Updates Its Guidance For Gender To Comply With Trump's Executive Orders
The guidance reiterates the Trump administration's stance that only male and females can be sexes and that it cannot changed.
Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Republican supporters believe the environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist can shine a spotlight on chronic disease and ...