Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s health secretary Thursday, but what exactly does the Health and Human Services Department do and what is his role?

In confirmation hearings for his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the focus was on domestic issues. The agency has a vast global scope as well.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is officially secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, but his promise to "Make ...

The NGO Doctors for America argued that HHS, CDC and FDA violated federal law in removing medical information from ...

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. That's roughly one-tenth ...

Here’s what to know about Donald Trump’s NIH funding cuts. Americans are struggling with rising costs and high anxiety around ...

A new estimate reveals how much a proposed cap on NIH grants would cost each state. The fallout over the Trump administration’s imposition of a cap on National Institutes of Health payments for ...

HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes ...

Under the new rule, St. Jude would have only earned $16.7 million. Here is how much St. Jude has received from the NIH since 2020: 2020: $114,256,597 from 142 awards 2021: $108,757,687 from 146 ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are more than 5 million American adults with autism. Prior studies ...

The CDC was scheduled to publish several ... that official said, noting that under the Biden administration, White House and HHS officials extensively reviewed material related to the coronavirus ...

The average NIH grant to an institution has typically ... said the abruptly lowered indirect cost rate is illegal under the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill. “This funding helps produce ...