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5 days ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ganny Belloni |Ian Haney López
June 3, 2025, 9:47 PM UTC The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services office, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is headquartered in Woodlawn, Md. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg Guidance required hospitals do abortions in some situationsSome health policy watchers fear patients could be at risk The Trump administration will no longer enforce Biden-era guidance that reminded hospitals and medical professionals of their obligation to provide emergency abortion care.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Mary Anne Pazanowski |Ian Haney López
Terminations part of Kennedy’s bid to rework health agencyHHS froze Covid-era award payments arbitrarily, states sayThe US Department of Health and Human Services can’t withhold about $11 billion in grants appropriated by Congress to fund various state public health programs while awaiting trial on the agency’s actions, a federal court said Friday. Judge Mary S.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Mary Anne Pazanowski |Ian Haney López
The US Department of Health and Human Services can’t withhold about $11 billion in grants appropriated by Congress to fund various state public health programs while awaiting trial on the agency’s actions, a federal court said Friday. Judge Mary S.
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1 month ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tony Pugh |Ian Haney López
The Trump administration is planning to advance research into the root causes of autism spectrum disorder through a partnership to build a data platform that utilizes medical claims data, electronic medical records, and data from consumer wearable devices. The plan comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. increases scrutiny of autism, which has raised concerns among patient advocacy groups.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Nyah Phengsitthy |Ian Haney López |Courtney Rozen
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. executed massive cuts across the US Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, days after promising to drastically reduce the size of workforce responsible for health-care coverage, pharmaceuticals, domestic violence prevention, mental health, and pandemic preparedness.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Nyah Phengsitthy |Ian Haney López |Courtney Rozen
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. executed massive cuts across the US Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, days after promising to drastically reduce the size of workforce responsible for health-care coverage, pharmaceuticals, domestic violence prevention, mental health, and pandemic preparedness.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ian Haney López |Nyah Phengsitthy
Public health advocates worry decisions undermine preparednessMoves seen as consistent with Kennedy’s vaccine skepticismThe latest actions by federal health authorities overseen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine development and evaluation are raising alarms among public health experts about the nation’s ability to handle a major health crisis like bird flu. The Trump administration Feb.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Ian Haney López |Nancy Vu |Nyah Phengsitthy
If President Donald Trump moves to fire thousands of federal health workers, the US’s ability to respond to health crises would be at risk, according to public health watchers and former officials. Federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are seeing a directional shift under the Trump administration. Trump’s pick to lead the HHS, vaccine skeptic Robert F.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ian Haney López |Nancy Vu |Nyah Phengsitthy
If President Donald Trump moves to fire thousands of federal health workers, the US’s ability to respond to health crises would be at risk, according to public health watchers and former officials. Federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are seeing a directional shift under the Trump administration. Trump’s pick to lead the HHS, vaccine skeptic Robert F.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ian Haney López
US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is advising the incoming Trump administration to look to science in fulfilling the agency’s mission. “Your north star should continue to be science and the evidence. That’s what should drive everything we do,” Becerra said in a Wednesday interview when asked about advice for the incoming administration and its HHS secretary. The interview comes days ahead of Trump’s inauguration and a changing of the guard for the HHS and government agencies.
