The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American's access to health care and in the nation's overall well-being. Under the secretary's ...
The United States faces ongoing risks from future public health threats, such as infectious diseases; extreme weather events; and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events.
Declaring a state of public health emergency − and mobilizing resources to address it − is a power of the HHS secretary. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo The secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...
Since early 2025, several large federal health grants to states have been suspended and then restored after legal challenges.
The U. S. Department of Education is officially offloading several major responsibilities to other federal agencies, a move that officials say will dismantle long-standing bureaucracy and return more ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is undergoing a dramatic restructuring under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with massive cuts to staffing and programs that could alter the ...