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‘Resign or be fired’: Public health trade group head calls for axing RFK Jr.
The director of the American Public Health Association is calling for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “resign or be fired” from his ...
HHS, EPA launch review of fluoride in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services have announced they are launching a ...
‘The kind of carelessness that gets people killed’: Patty Murray decries RFK Jr.’s cuts at Health and Human Services Department
Wash., convened former leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday to warn about the impact of the Trump ...
Sacramento County faces $26M funding cut amid Health and Human Services restructuring
California, along with 22 other states, filed a lawsuit to block the cuts, which they argue threaten critical public health ...
HHS Secretary Kennedy consoles Texas family following child's measles death
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy told people gathered at a funeral for a second child in Texas who died ...
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Trump administration sued by 23 states, D.C. over HHS cutting $11 billion in public health funding
The states suing the Health and Human Services Department and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say the money is used for a range of "urgent public health needs," including tracking ...
Maine AG sues Trump administration over public health grant funding cuts
Maine DHHS says it is losing $91 million of funding due to the cuts and the commissioner says that funding impacts a wide ...
Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically ...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks $11 billion in Trump administration's cuts to public health funding
The coalition of states sued the Health and Human Services Department and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arguing that the money is used for many "urgent public health needs," including ...
Novavax shares tumble after U.S. health secretary raises concerns over COVID shot's efficacy
Vaccine maker Novavax's shares plunged over 22% on Thursday after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.