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?

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and ...

These NIH panels ... of Health and Human Services (HHS), which includes the NIH, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Sencer CDC Museum at the Edward ... public health infrastructure under Trump. The order was delivered by Stefanie Spear, a newly hired deputy chief of staff at HHS, according to the Post.

US health agencies, such as the CDC, FDA, and NIH, regularly provide ... 21 January 2025 to staff within agencies under the US Department of Health and Human Services, including officials at ...

Regarding the Jan. 24 front-page article “Health officials left with ‘chaos’ as HHS goes silent”: I am ... After arriving at NIH in 1987, he helped facilitate one study section focused ...

On Feb. 1, the day the “pause” on HHS communications was supposed to lift, the CDC directed its staff to halt and if need be retract research manuscripts under ... the CDC and NIH websites ...

"We are the great player in global health, and we've very much a collaborator with other countries," says Donna Shalala, who was secretary of HHS from 1993 to 2001 under Bill Clinton. So it is ...