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April 14, 2025
The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through many Texas communities.
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April 1, 2025
The layoffs are expected to shrink HHS to 62,000 positions, lopping off nearly a quarter of its staff, part of…
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February 19, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. vowed to investigate the childhood vaccine schedule that prevents measles, polio and other dangerous diseases.
February 13, 2025
Republicans fell in line behind Trump despite hesitancy over Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s views on vaccines, voting 52-48.
October 6, 2021
Hayward and a woman named Raven Randle allegedly uploaded the test documents to the state’s Safe Travels portal which tracks…
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May 3, 2021
HHS Secretary Xavier Beccera says the Biden administration wants to "save lives in the Black community" with ban on menthol…
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February 25, 2021
Lawyers have worked to bring the families together for the past month however some parents have been deported.
December 6, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a defender of Obamacare, to be his health secretary.
President Trump Participates In National Dialogue On Safely Reopening Nation's Schools
July 15, 2020
Trump has ordered hospitals currently treating COVID-19 patients to bypass the CDC and send all data regarding their status to…
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March 16, 2020
A presumed enemy of the United States launched a cyberattack against the Department of Health and Human Services Sunday night.
April 24, 2017
Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams is now the surgeon general for the United States, as of Friday, April 21.
February 10, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Tom Price, President Donald Trump’s choice to be health secretary, is the latest of a handful
March 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Now that the Affordable Health Care Act is law, consumers can start exploring health insurance plans that…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - As the newly appointed director of the Office of Minority Health, she is dedicated to creating health…
May 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Local health centers around the country received a boost from the Department of Health and Human Services…