The sweeping reorganization of the federal health bureaucracy includes designating a new top cop at the Health and Human Services Department. Why it matters: The HHS enforcement and appeals offices that,

David Geier has repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism. Working alongside his father, he has published a number of studies on the subject that have since been retracted.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says sweeping layoffs and restructuring in the department will bring order to a bureaucracy he claims is in "pandemonium." But experts say the overhaul also likely gives him far greater control over dozens of federal health agencies.

A proposed ballot measure in California named after Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, would in some situations make it illegal for insurers to "delay, deny or modify any medical procedure or medication." ( New York Post)

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Gov. Patrick Morrisey last week to announce a first in the nation ban on food dyes, and talk Kennedy history.

Around 3,500 employees are on the chopping block at the FDA, but they don't yet know who they are. The Health and Human Services Department on Thursday announced a sweeping plan to cut 10,000 jobs and consolidate operations across its sub-agencies.

Kleinschmidt, a Project 2025 contributor, served as the deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and as a senior adviser for health and addiction on the Domestic Policy Council and SAMHSA during the first Trump administration.

Many HHS department heads and employees were unaware of plans to fire some 10,000 employees until they were publicly announced Thursday, sources said.

DOJ takes a new approach on Medicaid fraud, a revamped lawsuit against UnitedHealth, and more health care news.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said ‘bureaucracies’ such as the HHS became ‘wasteful and inefficient.’

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed on Thursday slammed a plan by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lay off thousands of agency employees as short-sighted and jeopardizing public health.