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HHS Secretary Azar Fires Back After Vaccine Rollout Criticism by Governors
State leaders accused the Trump administration of failing to provide a promised stockpile of new vaccine doses this week.
Should Double Charging Patients for Medication be legal?
Over the summer, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule allowing health insurers to implement "accumulator adjustment programs," which allow insurers to effectively double charge customers for drugs.
U.S. Surgeon General Makes Personal COVID Plea as Wife Admitted to Hospital
"I'm hoping she doesn't have to spend New Year's in a hallway because the beds are full. What you do matters, even beyond COVID...," U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Thursday.
U.S. Aiming for All Americans to Get Vaccine By June With New Pfizer Order
The U.S. has purchased enough doses of coronavirus vaccines to innoculate 200 million people by summer, just shy of the 70 percent needed to achieve herd immunity.
Subcommittee Threatens CDC With Subpoenas Over Missing COVID Response Email
"CDC Director Robert Redfield must appear for an interview regarding evidence that he ordered CDC staff to delete a key email," said Congressman James Clyburn on Wednesday.
Potential Trouble Looms for Biden HHS Pick Xavier Becerra with Senate GOP
Senate Republicans are turned off by Becerra's pro-choice stance on abortion, support for single-payer health care and lack of experience in the medical field.
Alex Azar Says Pfizer 'Very Much Part' of Operation Warp Speed
Trump administration officials and allies have tried to link Pfizer's claims that its coronavirus vaccine is 90 percent effective to Operation Warp Speed.
Celebrities' Politics Factored in Trump Administration's PSA Plans
When vetting celebrities for a new $250 million coronavirus public service announcement campaign, the Trump administration weighed past political statements and whether any negative comments had been publicly made about President Donald Trump, new documents obtained by Democratic House leaders show.
Interference by HHS Officials in CDC Guidelines Is 'Unforgivable': Doctor
"Blatant interference of senior HHS officials in the CDC guidelines is one of the most alarming things to have happened during this pandemic," the doctor wrote.
HHS Official Wanted Fauci to Not Promote Masks for Children
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Fauci promote the widespread wearing of masks in schools that are reopening for in-person classes.
Judge Blocks Trump Policy Removing LGBTQ Health Care Protections
A federal judge blocked new Department of Health and Human Services rules that would have removed Obama-era protections for LGBTQ people in health care, noting that a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court contradicts the Trump rules.
HHS CIO José Arrieta Resigns Friday Night to Spend More Time With Kids
José Arrieta helped manage a controversial COVID-19 data collection system used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Surgeon General Pleads With Fox Viewers to Wear Masks: 'I'm Begging You'
Jerome Adams told viewers that the government is "not trying to take away your freedoms."
Alex Azar Says China 'Concealed' and WHO 'Failed' on Coronavirus
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters on Friday that the "World Health Organization has failed in its responsibilities to demand accountability under the international health regulations."
New Rule Removes Protections Against LGBT Discrimination From Health Care
The Trump administration announced Friday that a new law that would allow health insurance companies and the medical industry to legally discriminate against LGBT people had been finalized.
Closed Tennessee Hospital Got More Than $120,000 in Coronavirus Relief
The Jamestown Regional Medical Center received $121,722 from the Department of Health and Human Services's Provider Relief Fund.
HHS Secretary Dismisses Whistleblower Complaints About Coronavirus Response
Secretary Alex Azar said "every single member of the administration" shared the concerns that Dr. Rick Bright expressed in his complaint.
Whistleblower Rips Trump COVID-19 Response: 'We Could Have Done Something'
Trump administration whistleblower Rick Bright teared up while ripping the Trump's response to the coronavirus: "We could've done something and we didn't."
HHS Spokesman Michael Caputo Faces Calls To be Fired After 'Racist' Tweets
CNN found the now deleted tweets by the Republican operative who has just taken up a spokesman's role at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Rick Bright's Attorneys Will File Whistleblower Complaint With HHS
Dr. Rick Bright's attorneys, Debra S. Katz and Lisa J. Banks, said the Trump administration has made "demonstrably false statements about" their client to deflect from his "retaliatory removal."
Former Labradoodle Breeder Reportedly Led HHS Response to Coronavirus
Former dog breeder Brian Harrison, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar's chief of staff, reportedly held a key role in the early U.S. response to the coronavirus despite having limited experience in public health.
House Committee Warns U.S. Coronavirus Testing 'Far Behind' Other Countries
"We are gravely concerned that, due to multiple missteps, people across the country have been unable to get tested," a letter from the panel said.
'Broken' COVID-19 Testing Process in U.S. Coud Have Enabled Virus to Spread
Scientists told Newsweek the U.S. is worringly behind the ball on screening for COVID-19.
Dem Senator Grills Azar Over Coronavirus Whistleblower, 'Public At Risk'
Senator Wyden claimed that "the general public was also put at risk since your employees were then immediately returned to their communities and jobs at the Department post-deployment, by commercial air flights with no precautions" in a letter to HHS head Alexander Azar Friday.
HHS Coronavirus Whistleblower Claims She Was Unfairly Reassigned
HHS workers were "not properly trained or equipped to operate in a public health emergency situation," the whistleblower alleges in the complaint.
Trump Administration Announces Free HIV-Prevention Medication for Uninsured
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is the lone prevention treatment for people susceptible to HIV infection, but it's notoriously expensive in the United States.
World AIDS Day 2019: How Close Is the U.S. to Eradicating Its HIV Epidemic?
With about 1.1 million Americans living with HIV, and no outright cure on the horizon, is the United States anywhere close to eradicating the virus?
Trump Health Officials Warn Against 'Dangerous' Marijuana Use, Legalization
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams and HHS Secretary Alex Azar, both Trump-appointed officials with drug company ties, issued a national warning Thursday about marijuana legalization and increasing potency.
Religious Exemptions Will Have 'Chilling Effect' on Health Care: Watchdog
HHS announced rule changes allowing health care workers to refuse to provide services for religious objections on Thursday.
CBP 'Never Purposefully Put' Migrant Children in Cages
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen took issue with the use of the word "cages" to describe the detention facilities used for children.