The Trump administration’s freeze on communications from U.S. health agencies is leading to another disruption: the abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings. The move covers a swath of health ...

So Nightly asked health and public health leaders — what questions do they want senators to ask Kennedy at the hearings? Responses have been lightly edited. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve ...

Agencies subject to the Department of Health and Human Services directive include the CDC, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

Experts say it's common to wait until new teams are in place but is a concern if it means "going back to a prior approach of ...

I’m told that there appear to be two reasons: One is that Whitehouse and Kennedy are personal friends. They were law school ...

Since the announcement that president-elect Donald Trump would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as the secretary of the U.S. Department ...

President Trump's new policy restricts federal health agencies from publishing external communications, raising concerns ...

Trump’s nominees have big plans for remaking the federal health agencies, with consequences for university scientists who receive billions in funding.

Three former ed secretaries urge leaders and advocates to confront the challenges and see the opportunites in the ...

President Trump has placed an indefinite suspension on research grant reviews and travel at the National Institutes of Health ...

The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the nation’s overall well-being.

In three major moves this week, the Trump administration is already having profound negative impacts on public health-to ...