Texas HHS office in jeopardy as department unveils 10,000 layoffs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced drastic cuts to the workforce Thursday, and the HHS regional ...
Republican congressman says federal cuts won't undermine public health, even as Texas battles measles outbreak
MCKINNEY, Texas — While Texas continues to address a growing measles outbreak, now at 327 cases, the U.S. Department of ...
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Federal COVID funding cuts send North Texas health departments scrambling for solutions
Public health departments relied on COVID funding to expand testing, lab and vaccination capabilities. Local health leaders ...
HHS taps anti-vaccine activist to look at debunked links between autism and vaccines, sources say
David Geier has repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism. Working alongside his father, he has published a number of ...
How could federal health agency cuts affect Texas? Here's what to know.
Dramatic cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could affect state and local health department in Texas, because those agencies rely on federal funding for a variety of public health ...
How $11B of Health and Human Services cuts could affect Harris County
Exact figures for local impacts from these cuts weren’t immediately available. Representatives for Harris Health System, the ...
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Funding to fight measles outbreak in Texas hit by DOGE cuts
That funding went to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. "HHSC is currently reviewing the notification from SAMHSA and assessing the impact," said Jennifer Ruffcorn from the state ...
Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy
(THE CONVERSATION) On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced plans to dramatically transform the department. HHS is the umbrella agency ...