The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) faces continued disruption to its workforce and programs as legal challenges, a union settlement and a new administration effort to reclaim federal funding reshapes how the department operates.
The developments come as HHS continues a rebuild of its workforce after a series of...National News
Late last month, JAMA Network Open published a report on the effectiveness of the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine after the paper was rejected for publication by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by acting CDC Director and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay...Arizona News
Kennedy visited Banner Health on Tuesday to review the system’s prevention and early detection programs, including mobile screening initiatives aimed at expanding access to care across Arizona.
During a stop at Banner’s Sports Medicine High Performance Center, Kennedy toured the system’s BIG Pink Bus mobile mammography unit and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the childhood immunization schedule to reduce the number of diseases prevented by routine vaccinations from 17 to 11.
The announcement was made on Monday and signals a major shift in federal vaccination policy guided by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F....
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced this week that he would rescind all grants totaling $500 million for mRNA vaccine development.
The decision ends the Department of Health and Human Services' funding through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and affects 22...National News
Not content with liquidating the the advisory panel for vaccines, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will likely fire all members of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force.
The task force advises the federal government on preventative health matters and has the power to determine which forms of...Arizona News
Firings have resumed at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following a Supreme Court order on July 8 allowing federal restructuring to proceed.
Over 10,000 layoffs have remained unclear since HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made his announcement regarding the restructuring of the department in March. Employees...National News
In one of its final rulings of the season, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 that the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force continues to hold the authority to determine the preventative services that insurers are required to cover under the Affordable Care Act.
The ruling was issued in the case Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, which...Arizona News
Earlier this month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) fired every panel member on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and replaced them with eight vaccine skeptics. The decision to remove members of the independent vaccine...National News
Nearly 50 health insurance companies signed onto a pledge with the federal government to streamline prior authorizations on Monday. The new practices will apply across all forms of private health insurance.
For years, private insurance companies have weathered criticism of the prior authorization process as providers and patients...Arizona News
This week the courts are getting in the way of the Trump administration's plans to decimate the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as federal injunctions intervene against cuts and improper firings.
On Thursday, a federal judge sided with 23 states, including Arizona, and Washington, D.C. to block $11.4 billion in cuts to...Arizona News
A group of 20 Democratic state attorneys filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for mishandling appropriated funds and conducting improper layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Arizona's Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 19 states and Washington, D.C. to challenge the cuts in a lawsuit filed in...Arizona News
The biomedical research community is reeling from federal cuts as Arizona's bioscience sector tracks its ongoing success and significance as an economic force for the state.
Universities are facing a loss of $6.5 billion in total funding, and while a judge has issued a permanent injunction on cuts after a lawsuit brought by the...Featured
A leaked draft of the Trump administration's goals for budget cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services is the first real look into the administration's disruptive plans for the agency, and the U.S. healthcare industry writ large.
The budget draft illustrates the priorities of President Donald Trump's Office of Management...Arizona News
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is settling into his new role as firings within the agency continue to disrupt the agency.
The Reduction in Force (RIF) initiative was announced to have reduced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by 10,000 earlier this spring, and National Law Review...Government
The "DOGE"-led restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues this week with multiple agencies reporting instructions to cut billions in contracts. But confusion reigns as court cases over firing procedure loom and critical public health laboratories are shuttered.
Both the Centers for Medicare and...National News
In response to a district court's order to reinstate thousands of fired federal employees, the Trump administration's Justice Department (DOJ) has appealed to the Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have endeavored to unilaterally and swiftly shrink the size of the federal workforce through unceremonious...
The measles outbreak in West Texas has now spread to a third state and experts believe the scope of the outbreak is much greater than reported. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., continues to downplay the role of vaccinations in stemming measles outbreaks.
As of Tuesday, the Texas Department of Health...
Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury and Labor that would create an enforcement mechanism for the 2019 executive order on hospital price transparency.
The executive order modifies the demands of the original 2019 directive, including an...National News
Last weekend, officials in the Trump administration sent severance emails to hundreds of employees within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Many of those let go were employed by HHS and its agencies under the two-year probationary period that the administration has latched onto as the signifier for expendability....
