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Trump appoints Dr. Oz to key HHS position in new administration

President-elect Trump announced Tuesday that he will appoint Dr. Mehmet Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in January. “America is facing a medical crisis, and there may be no doctor more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to make America healthy again,” Trump said in a statement. “He is […]

Head HHS ‘Climate Change’ Officer Vows to Resist Trump’s Reforms

John Barbas, director of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, said he is folding the agency's work into the agency to resist President-elect Donald Trump's promised reforms to the Department of Health and Human Services. Barbas' action plan calls for creating a “training module” on global warming for senior management employees, who are […]

Sebelius on RFK Jr. as Trump HHS pick: 'This is life or death'

Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Saturday weighed in on President-elect Trump's choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department, calling it a “life-or-death decision.” “It was a decision,” he said. Sebelius: “This is life or death.” said Clip from MSNBC's “Jonathan Capehart's Saturday Show” highlighted by Mediaite. “HHS […]

Trump picks RFK Jr. for HHS — that sound you hear is the swamp screaming

President-elect Donald Trump has already made good on his promise to “make America healthy again,” starting with appointing RFK Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. And conservatives everywhere couldn't be happier. “The gig is over,” Kevin Roberts, author and chairman of the Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action, told Jill Savage and […]

Drugmaker shares drop after RFK Jr. tapped to lead HHS

Shares of several pharmaceutical and biotech companies have fallen since President-elect Trump announced Thursday that he had selected vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). . The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF tracks the biotech sector. fell As of noon, it was 3.7%. Shares of major pharmaceutical […]

Democratic governor 'excited' by RFK Jr. pick for HHS

Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) said he is “thrilled” by the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. “Excited about the news that the President-elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped defeat vaccination mandates in Colorado in 2019 and shakes up HHS and FDA to make America healthy […]

Democratic Colorado governor commends Trump for nominating RFK Jr. as HHS secretary

Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis praised President-elect Trump for nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. In a lengthy social media post Thursday, Polis praised Kennedy for helping Colorado “defeat its vaccine mandate” in 2019 during the COVID-19 pandemic. “He helped defeat Colorado's vaccine mandate in 2019 […]