Health Officials Cite Ethics Issues for Agency Leader’s Leave

Officials at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health briefed staff Tuesday on the absence of their director, who is on leave as the Department of Health and Human Services resolves issues in ...

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Health Research Agency Head on Administrative Leave, HHS Says

The director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, Alicia Jackson, is on administrative leave, according to a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson.

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Labor Watchdog Cautions HHS on Use of AI After Errors in Brief

A federal labor watchdog urged the Department of Health and Human Services to use caution in relying on AI, after discovering discrepancies in the majority of the agency’s citations in a recent brief.

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Tougher Federal Worker Reviews Roll Out With Hits to Morale

The Trump administration is rolling out seismic changes to federal performance evaluations — and workers say they are already eroding morale and diminishing managers’ input.

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Early Voting Begins

This week, Trump administration officials announced their latest efforts to trim what they identified as duplicative and ineligible enrollees from government health programs. They tied the efforts to the administration's broader crackdown on waste, frau...

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RFK Jr. Vaccine Injury Plan Rebuked for Skewed Doctor Incentives

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to pay doctors to collect information about vaccine injuries drew criticism from medical groups over concerns it would create perverse incentives a...

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Trump Wrongfully Withheld Health Research Funds, Watchdog Finds

The Trump administration violated spending law in withholding grant funds for the health quality research agency at the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal government watchdog agency fo...

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HHS Seeks to Throw Out Havana Syndrome Lawsuit in Case Brief

Lawyers for the federal government said the court lacks jurisdiction to consider a lawsuit challenging its alleged lack of agency response on Havana Syndrome, a cluster of symptoms first documented at...

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RFK Jr. to Announce New Vaccine Injury Research at NIH

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce a new research initiative at the National Institutes of Health to study vaccine injuries on Monday, according to people familiar...

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Trump’s Transgender Youth Medicaid Ban Challenged by Families

Four families sued the Trump Administration seeking to stop the implementation of a regulation that would block Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care to minors.

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FTC, Clinician Group Agree to Settle Transgender Health Case (1)

The Federal Trade Commission and the Endocrine Society agreed to dismiss without prejudice the medical group’s lawsuit challenging a government investigation into its activities and communications pro...

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Trump’s NIH Grant Cuts Challenged in Proposed Class Action

Researchers filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the National Institutes of Health, challenging the agency’s cuts to thousands of medical research grants based on the Trump administration’s political ...

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Anger Over Health Costs Clouds Midterms - KFF Health News

Amid a campaign already focusing on affordability, anxious voters are unlikely to be assuaged by headlines about healthcare costs rising even more next year. And a lawsuit that could cut off access na...

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Political Oversight of Grants Spreads as Congress Halts OMB Rule

Agencies are moving to give political appointees a bigger say in how grant money goes out the door, even as Congress has stalled the White House’s efforts to expand such authorities across the federal government.

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NIH Seeks Input on Remaking Infectious Disease Agency Post-Fauci

The National Institutes of Health is seeking public input in a move toward reorganizing infectious disease research — at the agency thrust into the spotlight during the pandemic.

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Autism Panel Moves Ahead With New Framework Despite Pushback

A federal advisory panel voted on Thursday in favor of a new blueprint for autism policy despite objections from patient advocacy groups over the abbreviated timeline and drafting process.

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HHS Autism Panel Considers Shift from Genetics, Sparking Alarm

A recently overhauled federal advisory panel is set to consider a shift of resources for autism policy on Thursday, on the heels of the Trump administration’s renewed focus on an unproven link between...

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FTC, Pediatricians Group Agree to Settle Transgender Health Case

The Federal Trade Commission and the American Academy of Pediatrics agreed to settle without prejudice the AAP’s lawsuit against the agency’s investigation into the group’s communications and promotio...

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RFK Jr. Moves Further Toward Loosening Federal Vaccine Advice

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took another step toward his promise to further loosen federal vaccine advice, seeking feedback on which vaccines should be recommended univer...

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Trump’s Teen Pregnancy Grant Funding Limits Paused by Judge

A federal judge temporarily paused the Trump administration’s limits to a grant program designed to limit teen pregnancy, but stopped short of reinstating terminated grants.

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Trump Asks DOJ to Probe Hospitals Over Trans Health Coding

The Trump administration is seeking federal investigations into pediatric gender-affirming care at more than 200 hospitals and clinics.

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Trump’s Vaccine Agenda - KFF Health News

President Trump is trying to unilaterally change the number and schedule of childhood vaccines in the U.S., though it remains unclear how much of an impact his orders will have. Anna Edney of Bloomber...

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Trump Asks DOJ to Probe Hospitals Over Trans Health Coding

The Trump administration referred over 200 hospitals and clinics to the Justice Department and Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking investigations into what it say...

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Federal Judge Considers Challenge to Teen Pregnancy Grant Change

A federal judge questioned whether a challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services’ cancellation of and changes to teen pregnancy funding grants should be considered by his court or the fed...

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Federal Judge Considers Challenge to Teen Pregnancy Grant Change

A federal judge questioned whether a challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services’ cancellation of and changes to teen pregnancy funding grants should be considered by his court or the fed...

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US Senate Confirms CDC Head a Year After RFK Jr. Fired Prior One

The US Senate confirmed the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, making her the first permanent director for the public health agency in ...

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NIH Renews Push to Limit Top Researchers’ Dominance of Grants

The National Institutes for Health is taking feedback on a revised proposal to cap the number of grant projects led or co-led by an individual researcher, after a backlash from scientists squashed an ...

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