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Head Start and heating assistance targeted in Trump draft budget proposal
The Trump administration is considering eliminating funding for two key federal programs that help millions of low-income ...
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FDA cuts outlined in draft HHS budget
The leaked budget draft, if approved by Congress, would reduce the FDA’s budget authority, indicating more disruption could ...
HHS officials did not know how many people have been fired
Department of Health and Human Services officials during a closed-door briefing could not give a full accounting of the ...
Trump HHS eliminates office that sets poverty levels tied to benefits for at least 80 million people
President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal ...
RFK Jr. says HHS will research six ‘environmental factors’ — such as mold, medicines and ultrasounds — for potential link to autism
Among the “factors” Kennedy said would be scrutinized are ultrasound scans, mold, pesticides, food chemicals, medicines and air and water contamination.
RFK Jr., intent to focus on chronic disease, continues to be dogged by impacts of HHS cuts
Far as he was from Washington, D.C., as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hiked to the top of a ...
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to seek answers on rising autism rates
Experts attribute the increase in autism diagnoses to broader definitions and improved detection methods, alongside potential genetic and environmental factors. Health and Human Services Secretary ...
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Why HHS cuts could put public health data at risk
HHS did not respond to a request for comment. Context: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has started implementing plans to cut his department by approximately 20 percent, including sending the ...
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HHS Scraps Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening
is responsible for the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP), a standardized list of dozens of conditions the HHS secretary recommends states screen for as part of their universal newborn ...
Columbus leaders committed to keeping fluoride in water despite efforts to remove it
Columbus leaders say they support continuing to add fluoride to local drinking water as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes aim at the practice.