Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency
Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
Washington state reports another measles case. What does measles look like?
Measles rashes often start as "flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, ...
US health department says it may ask fired staff to keep working
Thousands of employees fired this week from the Department of Health and Human Services and the public health agencies it ...
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Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the agency
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the position has been held on an interim basis by Susan Monarez, whom Trump has now nominated to take the job permanently after his first ...
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Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being ...
Democrats demoralized by Trump get a boost from Wisconsin voters and Cory Booker’s speech
Rebecca Cooke, a Democratic candidate in Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district, said the election was a clear indication that voters are upset with how Trump and Musk “are messing with their lives.” ...
CDC cuts threaten to set back the nation’s health, critics say
The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.
Veterinarians working on bird flu, pet food safety fired in HHS purge
Nearly half a dozen senior veterinarians at the Food and Drug Administration were laid off in a sweeping purge, including ...
Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation’s top health department
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered no new details Wednesday about his massive restructuring of the U.S ...
HHS Seattle office closes, Head Start staff placed on leave
Employees at the HHS regional office and a CDC occupational safety laboratory in Spokane were abruptly fired. Head Start ...
These WA health programs and jobs just got cut by the feds
In Washington state, several vaccine programs, plus disease surveillance and health equity work, are losing significant ...