The Department of Health and Human Services has asked some laid-off staff if they could return to work temporarily, as the department grapples with a backlog of grants that has swelled to more than a ...

On October 3, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a strategic plan for improving oversight of public grants and contracts “to strengthen ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is undergoing a major restructuring, with layoffs and federal grant cuts nationwide, including hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth ...

Effective March 3, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinded its long-standing policy that had waived a statutory exemption under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) from ...

The HHS, which annually provides billions of dollars in grants for medical research to institutions around the country, was expected to be a major target of DOGE. Thus far, about $46 million in cuts ...

Municipalities in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio and Missouri, as well as labor union AFSCME, argued eliminating the funding would weaken their ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks. Late last ...

Affiliates from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have significant access to 19 sensitive systems at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded more than $352 million on Friday to continue improving the disaster preparedness of hospitals and healthcare systems around the nation. These ...

HHS plans to furlough 41% of its workforce if Congress is unable to pass legislation avoiding a government shutdown before Oct. 1.  Of the department's ...

The HHS Office for Civil Rights has referred Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University for suspension and debarment proceedings. The move could ultimately bar the university from receiving future ...