RFK Jr. announces big cuts to Department of Health and Human Services. In all, the agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid will cut 20,000 positions, half of them through layoffs.

The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services. Updated April 1, 2025 9 min ...

The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for ...

Layoffs began widely Tuesday morning at the Department of Health and Human Services as the agency sets out to cut some 10,000 full-time jobs as the Trump administration works to drastically shrink ...

Combined with earlier layoffs and people who accepted early retirement offers, the total Health and Human Services workforce is expected to drop from 82,000 to 62,000 people.

Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services stand in line to enter the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A federal district court judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from terminating $11 billion in public health funding. That amount includes ...

The WHI is a decadeslong research effort on women's health. In this July 21, 2007, file photo, the US Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, D.C. Saul Loeb/AFP ...