The Milwaukee Health Department has lost the help of federal employees who were helping with lead contamination investigations at Milwaukee Public Schools. They were swept up in recent ...

Thousands of employees fired this week from the Department of Health and Human Services and the public health agencies it ...

That program and others were slashed this week amid after a sweeping reorganization of the department, which led to mass layoffs and other cuts.

Federal health agencies have to slash their spending by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a physician and TV personality, will lead the agency during a turbulent time for federal health programs as the HHS lays off thousands of staffers and Republicans float potential cuts ...