Samantha Hendrickson

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Samantha Hendrickson

LOCALTracking of infectious diseases, mental health funding and self-described life saving investments are at risk in central Ohio and beyond after millions in federal cuts to health care and research in the Buckeye State. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, announced a restructuring of the department in late March, which oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).

1 week ago | dispatch.com | Samantha Hendrickson

Tracking of infectious diseases, mental health funding and self-described life saving investments are at risk in central Ohio and beyond after millions in federal cuts to health care and research in the Buckeye State. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, announced a restructuring of the department in late March, which oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH).

1 week ago | cantonrep.com | Samantha Hendrickson

Show Caption Hide Caption 'We're going to consolidate:' RFK, Jr. on HHS layoffs10,000 job cuts expected at HHS as part of major restructuring. Tracking of infectious diseases, mental health funding and self-described life saving investments are at risk in central Ohio and beyond after millions in federal cuts to health care and research in the Buckeye State. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by Secretary Robert F.

2 weeks ago | dispatch.com | Samantha Hendrickson

When surgeons are as scarce as they are in some part of rural Ohio, sometimes you have to grow them yourselves. Rebecca Wever, a 31-year-old surgeon, is practicing at OhioHealth Southeastern Medical Center, not far from the farm she grew up on between Pleasant City and Sarahsville. Alongside her is Dr. Michael Sarap, the center's chief of surgery, who has been her mentor since she first showed an interest in medicine in high school.

2 weeks ago | dispatch.com | Samantha Hendrickson

As the nationwide measles outbreak grows, so has the conversation around vitamin A. The vitamin has been touted as a way to prevent measles in anti-vaccine groups and by some leaders in government, though not by doctors. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has walked back previous anti-vaccine rhetoric in the wake of two children's deaths and a growing outbreak in Texas, to the critiques of anti-vaccine advocates.