The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies.

The Trump administration’s freeze on communications from U.S. health agencies is leading to another disruption: the abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings. The move covers a swath of health ...

Kash Patel to run the FBI? He “probably has a big misstep that is hanging over his head, but ultimately, he is in relatively good shape,” the member said, referring to Patel’s past penchant for ...

Government employees received emails threatening "consequences" if they did not report DEI work to the White House.

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

President Donald Trump’s early actions on health care signal his likely intention to wipe away some Biden-era programs to lower drug costs and expand coverage under public insurance programs.

The executive order, which Biden signed in October 2022, had not spurred any lower drug prices by the time Trump revoked it Jan. 20. The order directed the Health and Human Services Department ...

President Donald Trump's early actions on health care signal his likely intention to wipe away some Biden-era programs.

Dr. Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, has instructed the heads of every federal health agency to stop public ...

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.

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