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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials backed the Drug Enforcement Administration’s move to begin temporarily placing certain kratom-related substances into Schedule I, escalating federal action against concentrated and synthetic products …
DEA Moves to Temporarily Schedule Kratom-Related Opioids Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ending the emergency declarations that allowed the rapid authorization of COVID-19 drugs, biologics and medical devices, marking another …
HHS Sets Timetable to End COVID Emergency Authorizations Read More
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a nationwide effort to restore the Presidential Fitness Test and promote physical activity among children, joining …
HHS Revives Presidential Fitness Test in Youth Health Push Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is increasing oversight of the nation’s health information exchange network after electronic record-sharing through TEFCA grew from 10 million …
HHS Tightens Oversight of National Health Data Exchange Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to expand support for regenerative agriculture, increase research into chemical exposures in the food supply and …
Trump Order Expands Federal Support for Regenerative Farming Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has concluded its public health response to a Hantavirus exposure event linked to the M/V Hondius cruise ship after …
HHS Ends Monitoring After Hantavirus Exposure on Cruise Ship Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is increasing oversight of the nation’s electronic health information exchange network after the system surpassed 1 billion health records …
HHS Expands Health Data Network as Record Exchanges Top 1 Billion Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration is seeking revisions to prescribing information for testosterone replacement therapies after concluding that newer clinical evidence no longer supports certain longstanding restrictions …
FDA Seeks Testosterone Label Changes After Evidence Review Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education has entered four new interagency agreements with the Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, expanding collaboration on special education, civil …
Education Department Shifts Programs to HHS, DOJ Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services is making more than $700 million available for addiction, mental health, crisis response, and homelessness-related programs, including a new $96 …
HHS Unveils $708 Million Behavioral Health Funding Push Read More