While officials pointed to the department’s $1.8 trillion budget as a reason for the cuts, experts said payroll represented less than 1% of that amount.

The health secretary has said repeatedly he wants to provide better care for Native Americans, but he’s yet to reveal how.

As federal support for tobacco control vanishes, protecting public health from the harms of tobacco use now falls more heavily on our state and on communities like ours.

Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system.

About 450,000 Americans, 30,000 of them New York State residents, die of tobacco-related diseases annually, the number one ...

Patricia Callahan ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Five months after taking over the federal ...

Republican House appropriators said the proposed 2026 spending levels reflect efforts “rightsize” many agencies outside of ...

The Kansas City area’s progress in tackling the epidemic may take a hit from federal ‘efficiency’ efforts The post ‘They need ...

Michiganders will feel the cuts, said Norm Hess, executive director of the Michigan Association for Local Public Health.