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Asheville Watchdog on MSN17h
Fentanyl deaths are dropping in Buncombe County — and across the country. But why?
For months, public health experts have been monitoring a trend equal parts promising and perplexing: a steep decline in ...
CBS News15d
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin spoke about their accomplishments since President Trump returned to office ...
FierceBiotech18d
HHS lifts stop work order on Vaxart's COVID-19 trial, continues funding for the 10,000-participant study
The Department of Health and Human Services ... research organization to conduct the clinical trial," GeoVax President and CEO David Dodd told Fierce at the time. "Given the structure of the ...
The Connecticut Mirror22d
Now is the time to invest in community-based health and human service programs
But there are two good reasons that make this the right time to go a step further and make investments in health and human service programs ... state to provide vital services, including mental ...
Tennessean22d
Nashville sues RFK Jr. and HHS over 'devastating' public health funding cuts
Nashville has sued Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over recent "devastating" public health funding cuts the city argues are unconstitutional. The lawsuit ...
WTVC22d
U.S. Health department denies plans for autism registry despite NIH director's comments
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Recent comments from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about a 'push for solutions' to what he says is a rise in autism is raising alarm ...
Tennessee Lookout22d
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. urges community as fix to opioid crisis
Hecklers interrupted a speech Thursday by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at a conference on opioid addiction in Nashville. The Rx and Illicit Drug Summit 2025 drew law ...
USA Today23d
FDA pauses milk quality testing amid Health and Human Services cuts; lab transfer planned
The disruption comes after the Department of Health and Human Services cut 10,000 jobs across agencies earlier in April, including the FDA, as well as sister agencies like the U.S. Centers for ...
Wired24d
Here’s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To
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 ...
Scientific American25d
What We Know about Artificial Food Dyes and Health as RFK, Jr., Declares a U.S. Ban
Kennedy, Jr., announced plans to order the U.S. food industry to eliminate eight petroleum-based food dyes within the next two years, based on some evidence that links them to health risks.
Psychology Today27d
Mental Health Services Across State Lines
Telemental health services, particularly counseling and therapy through videoconferencing, have rapidly expanded since the onset of the COVID pandemic in 2020. Increasingly, clients are being ...