A flurry of executive orders and other actions Trump issued on his first day back in office included rescinding directives by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, that had promoted lowering ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now has a confirmation hearing scheduled in the Senate, but his nomination for health and human services secretary remains on shaky ground.

Employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were told to halt all public communications Tuesday.

A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of ...

President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on healthcare, signaling he intends to reverse ...

President Donald Trump’s first moves on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act signal his administration’s willingness to make major changes to the government programs.

Pressure is mounting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as critics squeeze senators from both sides of the aisle to oppose President ...

Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Washington Post reporter Dan Diamond about the Trump Administration's directive to Department of Health and Human Services agencies to pause all external communications.

Kennedy has suggested, contrary to scientific consensus, that certain vaccines are connected to childhood autism, asthma and ...

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting health secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters ...