What Does the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Do?
If he is confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would take over a sprawling bureaucracy with ...
Personal medical information may have been exposed in Chicago Department of Public Health incident
Individuals’ names and medical information may have been exposed in a Chicago Department of Public Health incident, the ...
Virginia Department of Health reports first two pediatric flu deaths
Virginia health officials report two influenza-associated pediatric deaths for the 2024-25 flu season in Virginia.
Multiple health agency websites on HIV, contraception taken down to comply with executive orders
Government agency webpages about HIV, LGBTQ+ people and other public health topics were down Friday evening due to President ...
kq21d
Local Health Departments speak on tuberculosis outbreak
Following one of the largest outbreaks of tuberculosis in U.S. history in Kansas—Doniphan, Andrew, and Buchanan County's ...
WESA1d
Pa. counties with their own health departments see benefits, new research shows
Most counties in Pennsylvania don’t have their own health departments. A study shows that matters for residents.
Why Republicans' proposed health care cuts could be politically risky
Polling shows Medicaid and other federal health programs are widely popular. The Trump administration and new Republican ...
Trump health secretary nominee RFK Jr survives heated hearings ahead of crucial confirmation votes
Robert F. Kennedy, President Donald Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary, survives two heated confirmation ...
Top Republican on Senate health committee says he's 'struggling' to confirm RFK Jr
The top Republican on the Senate's chief health committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., indicated Thursday that he was ...
Washington state public health bill receives lopsided critical testimony
A Washington bill that would add new language to existing state law about “appropriate measures” regarding vaccines to ...
WHYY5d
Pa. counties with their own health departments see benefits, new research shows
The Delaware County Health Department started operations in April 2022, when it became the first new county health department in Pennsylvania in more than 30 years. (Courtesy of the Delaware County ...
‘Exercise caution’: Florida’s Gulf Coast sees health alerts triggered by red tide
Officials say the red tide bloom is expanding, but the event is not unexpected, as NOAA satellites have been tracking significant levels of chlorophyll following hurricanes Helene and Milton.