Five states filed a lawsuit in federal court against HHS Jan. 8 over the agency’s decision to freeze $10 billion in funds that support child care programs for low-income families. HHS announced Jan. 5 it was halting federal funds that support three social safety net programs to five states — California,

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The Trump Administration recently fired the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a federal program that helps low-income households pay for utilities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fired every single ...

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new government pilot set to significantly shift how certain health-care providers access steeply discounted medicines from drugmakers, halting the program from going into effect Jan.

A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop discouraging the use of words like “Black” and “disability” in grant applications, the Associated Press reported. The order also blocked the agency from laying off more federal employees from the Office of Head Start.

On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services this week, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be reinstated because they were mistakenly cut. “We’re streamlining the agencies.

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