Carmel Wroth

6 days ago | nhpr.org | Rob Stein |Carmel Wroth

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday declared that autism is a rapidly growing "epidemic" in the U.S. and vowed to identify the "environmental toxin" he says is to blame. He noted that autism incidence in the U.S. has increased from 1 in 36 children in 2020 to 1 in 31 in 2022, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the prevalence of autism.

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Rob Stein |Yuki Noguchi |Sydney Lupkin |Chiara Eisner |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Carmel Wroth

A worker wheels out the belongings of a fellow employee who was dismissed, outside of the Mary E. Switzer Federal Office Building, which houses HHS offices in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images Chaos and confusion dominated the restructuring affecting thousands of workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week.

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Rob Stein |Sydney Lupkin |Yuki Noguchi |Carmel Wroth

The Trump administration is requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to cut spending on contracts by 35%, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon confirmed to NPR. The cuts to spending on contracts applies across all divisions of HHS – which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other agencies. This comes on the heels of a nearly 25% staff reduction at HHS.

3 weeks ago | news.wgcu.org | Rob Stein |Sydney Lupkin |Yuki Noguchi |Carmel Wroth

Updated April 03, 2025 at 20:45 PM ETThe Trump administration is requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to cut spending on contracts by 35%, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon confirmed to NPR. The cuts to spending on contracts applies across all divisions of HHS – which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other agencies.

3 weeks ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Rob Stein |Sydney Lupkin |Yuki Noguchi |Carmel Wroth

Updated April 03, 2025 at 20:45 PM ETThe Trump administration is requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to cut spending on contracts by 35%, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon confirmed to NPR. The cuts to spending on contracts applies across all divisions of HHS – which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other agencies.