The US Department of Health and Human Services will award $590 million to Moderna to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu, the pharmaceutical company announced Friday.
The Senate Finance Committee will meet on Jan. 29 to discuss the confirmation of RFK Jr., whose stances on vaccines and abortion have raised questions from Democrats and Republicans alike.
A group of Maine physicians is calling on Sen. Susan Collins to reject Robert F Kennedy Jr. as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary.
Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert Kennedy Jr. confronts critics from the right on abortion and the left on vaccines as the Senate sets hearings for next week.
On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a Notice
In March 2023, the HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration initiated a program to modernize the nearly four-decades-old OPTN. Over 100,000 people and their families rely on the network to fairly allocate organs for transplantation. The network is also responsible for increasing organ donation across the United States.
Houston Park and John Knox, trained firefighters, are also in line for roles helping oversee the nation’s emergency preparedness and response.
The government wants Moderna to push forward with various bird flu vaccines as well as mRNA shots for other influenza strains with pandemic potential.
This funding, announced Friday by Moderna, builds on the $176 million it received from HHS last year to support earlier stages of vaccine research.
One of the many executive actions taken by President Trump on his first official day in office was withdrawing from the World Health Organization.
The harmful effects of private equity in the healthcare delivery system "deserves ongoing scrutiny and greater research," HHS said in a Jan. 15 report .
On December 17, 2024, the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued its second favorable advisory