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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted, judge says
Her order blocks the Trump administration from finalizing layoffs announced in March or issuing further firings. HHS is ...
US judge says layoffs at Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and must be halted
A federal judge has ruled that recent mass layoffs at the US Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and ...
‘MAHA Report’ calls for fighting chronic disease, but Trump and Kennedy have yanked funding
Scientists and public health advocates see disconnects between what the Trump administration says about health — notably, in ...
HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...
WATCH: CDC vaccine panel holds meeting after RFK Jr. ousts and replaces expert former members
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers alarmed pediatricians Wednesday by announcing inquiries ...
HHS budget proposal eliminates CDC's chronic disease, global health centers in favor of new "MAHA" agency
The proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services slashes CDC and NIH funding in favor of the new Administration for a Healthy America.
Here’s what everyone should know about this new HIV prevention shot
Yeztugo, approved by the FDA, was highly effective in two randomized trials. It costs $28,218 per year, and people have to be ...
Childhood vaccines were a global success story. Misinformation and other obstacles are slowing that progress, a study shows
Vaccines have prevented the deaths of about 154 million children around the world over the past 50 years, a new study shows, ...
Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families
It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...