Sophie Gardner

6 days ago | politico.com | Sophie Gardner

The new figure comes as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly delivered mixed messages about the outbreak. Five-year-old Ian Rojas, center, his held by his mother Nicole Rodriguez, left, as nurse Rediant Kassahun, right, gives him a vaccination at the Dallas County Health and Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, Friday, April 4, 2025.

6 days ago | politico.com | Sophie Gardner

Casey Means and brother Calley are favorites of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megan Kelly, attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services in Washington in January.

1 week ago | politico.com | Sophie Gardner |Kelly Hooper |Chelsea Cirruzzo

Medicare Advantage enrollees' access to hospitals in rural parts of the country is threatened as a growing number of health systems no longer accept the insurance. | Gillian Flaccus/AP Photo GROWING PAINS —In recent years, more people have been signing up for Medicare Advantage in rural America than ever before, just as more and more hospitals are refusing to accept the private plans, Kelly reports.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Sophie Gardner |Alice Ollstein

An HHS spokesperson said the reprieve could become permanent. The International Association of Fire Fighters took credit for the reversal in a statement. | Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is calling back to work some laid off federal employees who focused on the health and safety of coal miners, firefighters, and survivors of 9/11, a Republican senator and a national union of firefighters said Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | foodsafety.einnews.com | Sophie Gardner |Alice Ollstein

NIOSH was one of several agencies gutted this month when tens of thousands of employees were laid off as part of a sweeping reorganization of the federal health department. Health Secretary Robert F.