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Recap: RFK grilled over vaccines, lead, job cuts, as protesters tackled at HHS hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on May 14 before the House Appropriations and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and ...
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City of Hillsboro presents $2,000 scholarships to 3 HHS seniors
Three $1,000 scholarships were presented to graduating Hillsboro High School seniors in 2020. The program continued in 2021, ...
Federal workers union says HHS layoffs ‘targeting science’
Labor unions say layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational ...
HHS backtracks on firing hundreds of federal health workers
The health secretary said he brought back 328 employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ...
Former HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra rebukes Gov. Newsom's bid to end Medi-Cal for undocumented immigrants
Former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a one-on-one interview, he disagrees with Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal to cap ...
Federal judge extends block on HHS termination of billions in public health funds
A federal judge on Friday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from pulling back more than $11 billion in public health funding from state and local health departments. The ruling ...
HHS reverses NIOSH firings that stripped coal miners' health protections
HHS has reversed the firings of more than 100 employees with the federal institute that protects coal miners from black lung, ...
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HHS can re­quire ap­proval for drug­mak­ers to ap­ply 340B re­bate mod­els, court rules
The government 'did not act contrary to the law' by requiring drugmakers to seek approval before implementing proposed new ...
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. tussled with Sen. Chris Murphy about measles vaccine safety. Who was right?
Data shows that the two-dose measles vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles and experts say protection doesn’t wane. Scientists tested the measles, mumps, rubella vaccin ...
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In combative hearings, Kennedy defends HHS cuts, backtracks — and lashes out
In hours of combative congressional hearings Wednesday, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swung between defending ...
Senate Democrats to hold hearings on mass terminations at HHS
The widespread terminations at the Department of Health and Human Services have drawn questions about the functioning of key ...