Cruz and Princeton historian Kevin M. Kruse had a back-and-forth over the qualifications of Xavier Becerra, Biden's nominee to lead the department.

The Trump administration is beginning to roll out its $US250 million vaccine education campaign that aims to encourage people to get a shot. The campaign will include a series of advertisements – but celebrity endorsements, and a plan for Santa performers to take part in exchange for early access to […]

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it would “rapidly work toward” issuing an emergency-use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine. It would be the first COVID-19 vaccine authorised for use in the US. The first shots of Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine could be given out as early […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will split $US523 million in incentive payments among more than 9,000 nursing homes for reducing COVID-19 related infections and deaths. The agency gave the first payments out on Wednesday, and said it is “exhausting all measures to ensure nursing homes nationwide are […]

Michael Caputo, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), offered Santa performers early access to COVID-19 vaccines, the Wall Street Journal reported. The performers would get the vaccines if they helped with the agency’s planned $US250 million vaccination drive campaign, the Journal reported. “If you […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Sunday pleaded with Americans to continue their fight against the coronavirus by social distancing and wearing masks. Azar said that consistent mask wearing was “a difficult message for all western democracies.” With several vaccines currently being tested, Azar said that there was […]

Michael Caputo, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, reportedly promoted a conspiracy theory of an armed left-wing revolt if President Donald Trump were to be re-elected in November, The New York Times reported Monday. “When Donald Trump refuses to stand down at the […]

The coronavirus has walloped nursing homes. They represent about 8% of the national caseload and 41% of total US COVID-19 deaths, according to The New York Times. Still, more than 200 of the US’s worst-performing nursing homes and companies that own and operate such facilities received hundreds of millions of […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Patty Murray claimed the Trump administration has been sitting on nearly $US14 billion designated to fund coronavirus testing and contact tracing. Schumer and Murray penned a letter Sunday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, demanding action be taken in distributing the […]

Rick Bright, a scientist who was fired from the Department of Health and Human Services last month, said in an interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that the US coronavirus response has been “chaotic.” “We don’t yet have a national strategy to respond fully to this pandemic,” he said in […]

The whistleblower immunologist Dr. Rick Bright plans to testify to Congress about the threat of a coronavirus rebound in the fall, writing in prepared testimony that without proper prevention measures, “2020 will be darkest winter in modern history.” Bright previously worked as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development […]

Robert Kadlec, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the US Department of Health and Human Services, failed to inform Congress of his long-standing relationship with Emergent Biosolutions, which received a contract worth more than $US2 billion from his office. Kadlec, a retired Air Force colonel and a doctor, […]

Hospitals around the US faced significant challenges as they ramped up their response to the coronavirus pandemic. A lack of testing, insufficient protective gear, and shortages of supplies from thermometers to hand sanitizer plagued their responses, according to a report released Monday by the inspector general of the US Department […]

A government whistleblower alleged that the Department of Health and Human Services sent workers to help evacuees from Wuhan, China – the epicentre of the coronavirus – without giving them proper protective gear or training. According to The Washington Post and The New York Times, the whistleblower is a senior […]

A top Trump health appointee requested that taxpayers cover roughly $US47,000 worth of jewellery and other luxury items that were stolen as she travelled for work, Politico reported. Seema Verma, the Administrator of the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reportedly had her luggage stolen from a rented SUV in […]

The federal Department of Health and Human Services will be awarding a $US1.7 million family planning grant to a nonprofit organisation in California opposed to abortion, and as much as $US5.1 million over the next three years. The Obria Group will use the grant to fund programs including sexual risk […]

The Trump administration released new rules around the use of Obamacare’s state innovation waivers on Monday. The Department of Health and Human Services and Centres of Medicare and Medicaid Services argued that the regulations would help states create rules that would drive down costs and provide flexibility for consumers. The […]