Trump freezes social safety net money from New York & 4 other states over fraud concernsThe Trump administration is withholding funds for programs aiding needy families in five Democratic states. Officials cite fraud concerns a...
07 Jan, 2026, 09.04 AM IST
US judge allows Trump administration to share Medicaid data with ICEA US federal judge has permitted the Trump administration to resume sharing limited Medicaid data of undocumented immigrants with ICE for d...
31 Dec, 2025, 11.53 AM IST
US health department shares immigrants’ personal data with ICE to track and deport illegal migrantsThe US Department of Health and Human Services is sharing Medicaid enrollee data with ICE to identify undocumented immigrants potentially r...
19 Jul, 2025, 12.32 PM IST
Trump admin gave ICE access to personal data of 79 million medicaid enrollees to track down illegal immigrantsA controversial agreement allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to the personal data of 79 million Medicaid recipien...
17 Jul, 2025, 10.22 PM IST
Mass firings rock US health department after Supreme Court's decision; RFK Jr fires two top aidesThousands of employees across US Department of Health and Human Services were terminated Monday evening after the US Supreme Court ruled la...
16 Jul, 2025, 06.39 PM IST
Trump admin plans $40 bn in health budget cuts: ReportThe Trump administration plans to slash annual discretionary spending at the US federal health department by around one-third, or $40 billi...
17 Apr, 2025, 07.02 AM IST
'It's a bloodbath': Massive layoffs at US health agencies after RFK Jr announces 10,000 job cuts in major overhaulMass layoffs at the US federal health agencies have started and some of the employees have received pink slips. The move comes after Health...
02 Apr, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
'Humiliating, degrading': US health employees turned away after showing up to work, recall how they learnt of layoffsThe Trump administration carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, aiming to slash around 10,...
02 Apr, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
US health dept 10,000 job cuts: When will mass layoffs begin and which depts will be the hardest hit?Robert F Kennedy Jr said the nation’s health agencies will cut 10,000 jobs from their 82,000-person workforce. Kennedy said the department ...
29 Mar, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
US health department to cut 10,000 jobs as Robert F. Kennedy Jr announces overhaul in latest DOGE pushIn latest DOGE push, the US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is planning to cut 10,000 jobs at his department. The red...
27 Mar, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employeesMost of the 80,000 federal workers in the Health and Human Services Department have been offered up to $25,000 to leave their jobs as part ...
09 Mar, 2025, 08.01 PM IST
US health agency says employees given 10 days to apply for early retirement amid federal downsizingEmployees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have been encouraged to apply for early retirement and to submit their recent...
04 Mar, 2025, 06.47 AM IST
CDC health websites scrub HIV data, LGBT references after Trump’s order to recognise two sexes: Explained in 10 pointsAfter Donald Trump gave orders that US would recognise only two sexes, references to LGBT health, HIV, and information on certain vaccines ...
05 Feb, 2025, 02.22 PM IST
Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protectionsThe action by the Department of Health and Human Services affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also prote...
10 May, 2021, 06.52 PM IST
Trump admin ignored concern over hydroxychloroquine import from India, Pakistan: Fired US scientistIn a complaint filed on Tuesday before the US Office of Special Counsel, which oversees the protection of whistleblowers, Rick Bright alleg...
06 May, 2020, 11.44 AM IST
Donald Trump rejects reports that he will fire HHS chief AzarOn Saturday, the Wall Street Journal and Politico reported that the Trump administration was considering replacing Azar, because of early m...
27 Apr, 2020, 11.51 AM IST
New official travel revelations add to White House headachesHealth and Human Services Secretary Tom Price now faces scrutiny for using military jets that reportedly put his total travel tab above $1 ...
29 Sep, 2017, 11.39 PM IST