The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with an aim to safeguard ...

A Texas doctor doesn’t have to comply with a federal privacy rule that protects reproductive health-care information from unauthorized disclosures, a federal judge in the state said. Carmen Purl ...

“Efforts to undermine confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed, they’re dangerous,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a polio survivor, declared earlier this month. “Anyone seeking ...

The committee began investigating whether Becerra had followed the proper protocol for NIH reappointments after journalistic reports in early 2022 noted the HHS secretary’s detachment from the ...

“Parents have heard so much misinformation,” Kaye Hayes, a federal infectious disease official, said in a statement announcing the campaign. “Many of them are overwhelmed.” By Noah Weiland ...

Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), who met with Kennedy on Tuesday and said he is a staunch supporter of Kennedy’s candidacy to lead HHS. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), a physician, said he agreed ...

Politico: Trump Taps Brooks To Lead HHS Landing Team President-elect Donald Trump has tapped John Brooks to lead his HHS landing team, three people familiar with the selection granted anonymity to ...

David Blumenthal served as the national coordinator for health information technology at HHS from 2009 to 2011 and previously served as staff to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.). Josh Sharfstein ...

H.E. Amb. Minata SAMATE CESSOUMA is the Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development. She is a native of Burkina Faso with over thirty (30) years of experience in international ...