On December 18, 2025, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a formal declaration on the “Safety, Effectiveness, and Professional Standards of Care ...

HHS recently announced Open Government Version 2.0, an update of its first initiative two years ago to promote transparency within the agency and spur innovation with the private sector and other ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A proposed policy would ban hospitals from providing gender-affirming care to youth as a condition of Medicare ...

AUSTIN - The Texas Health and Human Services Commission reminds Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients that they can no longer buy candy or sweetened drinks with their Lone Star ...

The Health and Human Services Department rolled out its HHS Open Government Web site on Feb. 5 --the same day that the Washington metropolitan area was seeing the first snowflakes fall in what was ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared a public health emergency for Washington state on Wednesday after heavy rains and record flooding hit the region. According ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pausing all child care payments to Minnesota, amid a sweeping federal probe into allegations of fraud within the state’s social services programs.

This toolkit provides background on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ final rule on “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial ...