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.

Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program risk driving drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots.

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

Republican House appropriators said the proposed 2026 spending levels reflect efforts to “rightsize” many agencies outside of national security and defense.

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