After Senate Democrats rejected Dr. Colin Greene, a controversial appointee of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, as commissioner of Virginia’s Department of Health, the governor has placed the department’s ...

Governor Kevin Stitt has appointed a long-time military leader to head up the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in the interim.

Conservatives are right to want to rein — or even eliminate — a Department of Education they describe as bloated, ideological and ineffective. However, that battle plays out, eliminating Head ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Dennis Worsham as the state’s next Secretary of Health. Worsham, currently the head of the Snohomish County Health Department, brings 32 years of ...

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron has fired its women’s soccer head coach following an investigation by its Human Resources department into the mental health and physical safety of players.

Still, both Head Start and LIHEAP have been rocked by other recent changes instituted by the Health and Human Services Department, which administers them.

Federal health programs face deep funding cuts under a draft budget reported by The Washington Post and others.

Donald Trump's federal budget proposal did not include cuts to Head Start, but supporters of the early education program are concerned its funding could be cut during budget negotiations.

Head Start programs worry that the closure of a federal office in San Francisco could create delays in getting funding requests approved — and weaken their support system.