Because President Donald Trump wants him to run HHS. Mr. Trump won the election, convincingly. He has a right to his nominees, barring any clear personal legal problems. And Mr. Kennedy has said time and again that he will execute President Trump's policies at HHS.

Currently, the HHS inspector general's website lists Juliet Hodgkins, principal deputy inspector general, as the highest-ranking member of the leadership team. Hodgkins joined the Office of Inspector General in 2011 and served as the office's acting chief of staff from 2020 to 2022, according to her bio.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections. | HHS on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Mr. Trump fired the inspectors general of at least 15 federal agencies on the evening of Jan. 24, according to The Washington Post. The top watchdogs at the Defense DepartmentState Department, Labor Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs were also among those fired.

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But each of those three hearings deserves the public’s full attention: Donald Trump’s nominees offered new glimpses into their approaches to policy, truth, and loyalty to the president. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The nominee for HHS secretary hedged this answers to questions about vaccine safety and efficacy at his second confirmation hearing today.

Kennedy sat through his first confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Finance Committee. So, has he been confirmed to lead the HHS department yet?

The Trump administration's halt on the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report delays critical bird flu studies, raising concerns of political interference in scientific communication.