The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has declared a public health emergency for California to address the health impacts of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles County.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team reportedly tapped a former senior health official from the president-elect's first term and a friend to top Trump loyalists to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr's chief of staff.

Labor's temporary chief is Vince Micone, an official with extensive HR experience, and the temporary HHS chief is Dr. Dorothy Fink, a women's health specialist.

Trump-Era HHS Website Makes Term ‘Abortion’ Harder ... A 2020 news release from Trump's first term that criticizes California for violating religious organizations' rights to exclude abortion ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.

The Department of Health and Human Services and Drug Enforcement Administration published a series of rules Jan. 15 related to telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances, including a special registration proposed rule and a final rule on telemedicine prescribing of buprenorphine.

Abortion information is disappearing from federal government websites, signaling potential changes in abortion under the second Trump administration.

As of Monday, FDA commissioner Robert Califf, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Medicare director Meena Seshamani, and FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research director Patrizia Cavazzoni have retired or intend to retire prior to Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

Georgia officials halted all in-state poultry sales, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $590 million to Moderna to develop vaccines to protect people from flu strains in bird

Experts call the health implications “dire” with some fearing Kennedy could set off a fresh round in the school culture wars over mandatory vaccines.

HHS officials did not respond to requests for ... He was echoed by Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a University of Southern California public health expert. “Local health officials and doctors depend ...

The first week of President Donald Trump’s second term included several executive orders and actions that will be detrimental to public health.