President Donald Trump has terminated two advisory committees within the Department of Health and Human Services, one on long ...

Eight recent former leaders of federal health agencies under the Biden administration -- including former NIH Director Monica ...

Another potential headwind is Medicare drug pricing negotiations ... The move was expected, and former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told Yahoo Finance that the drugs are important due to their ...

The committee was designed to reduce barriers to care for people of color, LGBTQ+ people and rural Americans. A new executive ...

The American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics have been silent on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as HHS secretary.

Ozempic/Wegovy is the first drug on HHS's 2025 list of Medicare price negotiations ... important drugs for seniors," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. "Today’s announcement ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra said the announcement is "historic", reiterating the estimate that Medicare negotiations will deliver around $100 billion in savings over ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy publicly struggled with whether to back Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services before he fell in line behind President Donald Trump's pick. It may ...

Among the signees was the former heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ... from former Secretary Xavier Becerra and 139 other former ...

HHS will continue negotiating in the best interest of people with Medicare to have access to innovative, life-saving treatments at lower costs,” Xavier Becerra, HHS secretary under the Biden ...

The groups frequently wade into legislative debates and had scored the nomination of Biden’s health secretary, Xavier Becerra — meaning that they ... such as Medicaid and Medicare, in his hearings ...