HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science
In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the agency released guidance Wednesday for the US government, external partners and the public that offers a narrower definition of sex than the ones used by many scientists and that aligns with a January executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump calls Mitch McConnell ‘mentally ill’ after vote against confirmation
Moments before Robert F. Kennedy JR. was sworn in as secretary of HHS, Donald Trump made claims about Mitch McConnell's mental state.
Trump administration ordered to restore removed CDC and FDA websites
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. health agencies to restore websites that they abruptly took offline in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump telling them to scrub websites of "gender ideology extremism.
New York lawmakers admonish HHS for cuts to 9/11 survivors program
New York lawmakers are advocating against staffing cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program, which helps those impacted by the 9/11 attacks. President Donald Trump’s administration halted funding
Senate confirms RFK Jr. to be Trump's HHS secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won a vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, clearing him to become a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet.
Donald Trump’s ‘catastrophic’ NIH funding cut temporarily blocked by federal judge, but not in Missouri
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Judge extends pause on Trump’s NIH medical research grant cuts
A Massachusetts federal judge extended a pause on the Trump administration’s efforts to cap the indirect costs paid to grant recipients from the National Institutes of Health. The cap could save upward of $4 billion per year.
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Trump to crackdown on DC crime, RFK Jr. confirmed as HHS Secretary
FOX 5's Live Zone discusses President Donald Trump signs an executive order cracking down on crime in the nations capital, and Andrea Kaye joins to discuss RFK Jr. being confirmed as HHS Secretary and Kash Patel passing Senate panel vote to move forward in his confirmation for FBI Director.
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MAHA Wins: RFK Jr. Confirmed as Next HHS Secretary
The Make America Health Again coalition, or MAHA, as it’s called, became a vast proponent of Donald Trump’s candidacy with the full understanding that RFK Jr. would play a large role in shaping health policy in the coming administration.
Trump, RFK Jr. go after antidepressants, weight loss drugs. Here's what the science says
President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they will be studying the "threat" to children posed by antidepressants and obesity medications.
From the CDC to the US Forest Service: Trump, Musk purge thousands of federal workers
President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk cut thousands of probationary positions after only 3.3% of federal workers took Trump's buyout offer.
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It’s official: Senate votes to confirm RFK Jr. as HHS secretary
After two contentious Senate committee hearings on President Donald Trump’s nominee for HHS secretary, the votes are in: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | The Senate on Thursday voted 52-48 to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary.
Trump admin’s cuts at NIH are helping fuel RFK Jr.’s worst idea
There already are reports detailing how deep cuts at the NIH could curtail research into infectious diseases — a particularly disturbing development as bird flu spreads throughout the U.S. And as I read these reports,