At the center of the controversy is Smith’s secretive approach and his attempts to shield one HHS agency he has ties to from the reduction in force process, according to the two officials as ...

“Over time, bureaucracies like HHS become wasteful and inefficient even when most of their staff are dedicated and competent civil servants,” Kennedy said in a statement. In a letter to FDA ...

In a video statement posted on X, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the department’s budget and staffing had grown significantly in recent years without corresponding improvements in ...

The HHS on Thursday announced a sweeping reorganization that includes firing 10,000 full-time employees, in a significant downsizing for a department that responds to disease outbreaks ...

Thousands of HHS employees will lose their jobs and the number of agencies will shrink in a massive plan by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reshape the department and realign its priorities ...

Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna Shalala criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to cut back the department she once led, calling it an insult that puts Americans ...

FIRST ON FOX: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) terminated more than $330 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants related to diversity ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered its 80,000 employees a $25,000 buyout offer as part of President Trump’s plan to scale back government spending.

That move means that HHS’ total workforce will fall from 82,000 to 62,000 since the start of the second Trump administration after 10,000 other workers opted to leave government of their own ...

The Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it plans to cut 10,000 full-time jobs across several agencies, as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to restructure many ...

During the first Trump administration, Bell's job at the HHS Office of Civil Rights drew rebuke from Democrats. When Trump began his second term, he immediately ousted a dozen government watchdogs ...

We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in a statement on Thursday.