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Kennedy moves to eliminate notice and public comment requirements for certain HHS decisions
The US Department of Health and Human Services has reversed an obscure requirement called the Richardson Waiver, which requires a period of notice and an opportunity for public comment on a wide range of decisions related to “agency management or personnel or to public property,
US health secretary Kennedy proposes ending public comment on HHS decisions
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department's policy decisions, a move that appears to contradict his pledge to Congress of "radical transparency.
RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment on HHS decisions
The move comes during a time of major upheaval across federal health agencies, and as the public waits to see how Kennedy will enact his pledge of “radical transparency” at the department.
RFK Jr. issues rule barring public comment on HHS rulemaking
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday released a policy prohibiting public comments during his department’s rulemaking process, ending more than 50 years of the
RFK Jr. orders HHS to end 'extra-statutory' notice, public comment process in rulemaking
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is closing the main avenue for members of the public to weigh in on pending health regulations and policy changes. | The HHS secretary said the public feedback mechanism is an obligation that imposes burden on the department.
HHS Cuts Public Comment Requirement for Some Agency Functions
The Department of Health and Human Services is breaking with 50 years of agency practice and will no longer use notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures for “matters relating to agency management or personnel or to public property,
Kennedy proposes ending public comment on HHS decisions
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is proposing to end public comment on decisions made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a document from the health agency showed on Friday. The document,
As measles outbreak grows, HHS secretary says vaccination is a personal decision that can protect individuals and communities
As a measles outbreak in Texas has grown to nearly 150 cases, US Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in ...
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HHS review of a vaccine contract sparks worries about preparedness for a potential bird flu pandemic
HHS is re-evaluating a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna to develop and test vaccines against flu viruses that could ...
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HHS scraps transparency practices for policymaking
The Health and Human Services Department will no longer provide public notice or accept comments on a wide variety of policy ...
HHS Lays Off Lawyers Executing the Medicare Drug Price Cuts
At least three government lawyers working on defending a major Biden-era drug pricing law were laid off in mass cuts across ...
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A ‘truly troubling’ announcement by HHS
A change in policy at the Department of Health and Human Services set to be published today in the Federal Register could result in you, your fellow senior living providers and the associations that ...
With RFK Jr. at his side, a measles outbreak could prove 'politically perilous' for Trump
The health secretary has long pushed misinformation about vaccines and played down an outbreak in Texas that has led to the ...
Answers to your questions and some general guidelines on the measles outbreak in Texas
Texas is in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in decades, with 90 cases across 7 counties. Here’s what to know.
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Scientists protest proposed cuts to medical research funding outside HHS
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Dozens of scientists gathered outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to protest proposed cuts to medical research funding and ...