The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered its 80,000 employees a $25,000 buyout offer as part of President Trump’s plan to scale back government spending. Workers can opt into ...

In Texas specifically, a total of 223 people have contracted measles since the outbreak began in January, with at least 29 ...

HHS oversees the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which provides health insurance coverage for a significant portion of the U.S. population. The agency also oversees the Centers for ...

There was no immediate comment Sunday from HHS. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s health secretary, has hinted at plans at deep cuts to the staff. Last year, he promised to immediately clear out ...

And this is also not to suggest HHS' programs have no waste or fraud. In 2023 alone, Medicare and Medicaid issued over $100 billion in "improper payments." But that's the point: When HHS ...

This incentive is aimed at those who are in surplus positions or have skills that are no longer needed within their department. The payment is available to most employees within the HHS ...

and colleagues wrote to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a letter shared with The Washington Post. “No one, including DOGE, should be rummaging around ...

the rate of autism in American children has skyrocketed,” HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement late Friday. “CDC will leave no stone unturned in its mission to figure out ...

In a recent interview, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said "...we see a correlation between people who get hurt by measles and people who don’t have good nutrition or who don’t have a ...

The verbal notice came from HHS officials in a meeting with CDC leaders, according to a federal official who was at the meeting. The official was not authorized to discuss it and spoke to the AP ...