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The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world

The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts

Dr Kevin Hall alleges aides to Robert F Kennedy Jr blocked him from presenting study into addictiveness of junk foods and edited interview answers without his consent

During press conference, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to determine causes of autism and cites concerns about toxins.

The United States has de-emphasized infectious disease programming in favor of prioritizing chronic disease.

Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025, to shrink its workforce by 20,000 people. Among workers dismissed in early April were several teams responsible for fulfilling requests for access to previously unreleased…

Experts attribute increase in case numbers to improved diagnostics as Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr insists ‘epidemic’ underway

Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string of increases

Many Americans were relieved when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision permitted widely supported policies to continue, such as ensuring health coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, allowing coverage for dependents up to age 26…

As part of Trump’s administrations ‘efficiency’ drive, staff running decades-old program for energy assistance laid off

As the Trump administration cuts thousands of federal jobs, some fired workers worry about health agencies' ability to protect the public.