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In mid-May 2025, after U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared at a House committee budget hearing, a claim ( archived) circulated that Kennedy said, "I don't think ...

A federal judge on Friday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from pulling back more than $11 billion in public ...

Agencies do not have unfettered power to further a president's agenda,” U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy ruled Friday.

The lawsuit filed April 1 by 23 states and the District of Columbia sought to immediately halt $ 11 billion in cuts, alleging ...

New requirements for clinical testing of vaccines, announced this month, may delay the availability of shots that had ...

It's not clear if the recommendation for covid shots will be lifted entirely, or whether patients simply will be advised to consult with their doctors, The Wall Street Journal reports. Regardless, the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is part of HHS, recommends that individuals aged six months and older should be given an updated vaccine, regardless of previous inoculations for ...

Public health experts and advocates say that Health and Human Services regional offices, like the one in New York City, form ...

The Trump administration plans to drop routine COVID vaccination guidance for kids and pregnant women, marking a major shift ...

A change in recommending Covid vaccines for children and pregnant women would circumvent an expert panel but please many MAHA ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning to drop recommendations for routine COVID-19 vaccines for ...