Federal aid at risk for kids whose parents struggle with addiction – CBS News Watch CBS News A new study reports that nearly 19 million children in the U.S. are living with at least one parent struggling with substance use. And it comes at a time when key mental health and addiction services are facing…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to encourage people to get tested or vaccinated near farms with bird flu, the state says. Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the community to get swabbed…
One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published Tuesday from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that tracks trends of autism’s prevalence across some communities in the U.S. “They’ve again gone up dramatically, just in two years. We…
How Health and Human Safety Department cuts could affect your health – CBS News Watch CBS News In his first network TV interview since becoming Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat down with Dr. Jon LaPook. Kennedy said he was not familiar with cuts to programs that could have a devastating…
Teams handling Freedom of Information Act requests at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration were gutted Tuesday as part of the widespread job cuts ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., multiple officials said. The process of fulfilling FOIA requests from reporters, advocacy groups…
The Trump administration plans to shrink the workforce of the Department of Health and Human Services by nearly a quarter, the department announced Thursday, as part of a major restructuring of the department. “When combined with HHS’ other efforts, including early retirement and Fork in the Road, the restructuring results in a total downsizing from…
Officials at agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services say they are bracing for steep layoffs, as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his aides are nearing their final decisions on a sweeping restructuring of the department. Decisions by Kennedy and his team on the changes to the department’s makeup and organization are…
What to know about U.S food safety What to know about recall concerns, U.S food safety 02:34 At least 11 deaths have been linked to cartons of frozen shakes sold to nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are being recalled after an outbreak of listeria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The…
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — New York’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. James McDonald, weighed in Friday on Trump’s pick to lead the country’s top health agency. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was once an opponent of Trump’s, but now looks forward, pending a confirmation, to serve as Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary. MORE: RFK Jr. pledges…