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Senate Confirms Dr. Oz to Lead CMS
(MedPage Today) -- By a vote of 53-45, the Senate confirmed Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, a cardiothoracic surgeon and TV personality, as the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servi
Read MoreSenate confirms Oz as head of agency that runs Medicare, Medicaid
The Senate Thursday confirmed Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency within HHS.
Read MoreKennedy Remains Quiet on 10,000 Jobs Lost at HHS
(MedPage Today) -- Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read MoreCDC Firings 'Not a Joke'; Former FDA Head Sounds the Alarm; Resident's Paycheck
(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. "It's not a joke.
Read MoreSTAT+: A running list of senior FDA officials who have left the agency
Here is a running list of senior FDA officials who have left the agency recently.
Read MoreCuts, ousters and drama at the FDA
On The Readout LOUD podcast, STAT reporters talk about new FDA commissioner Marty Makary's first week amid a swirl of layoffs and forced ousters at the agency.
Read MoreHHS cuts leave future of mental health, substance use hotlines uncertain
In a meeting about HHS layoffs, employees asked about projects like the National Quit Line and Maternal Mental Health Hotline. Managers didn’t know.
Read MoreLiver Cleansing 'Imposters'; Oral Drug Succeeds in UC; New Autoimmune Hepatitis Recs
(MedPage Today) -- With annual revenue approaching $40 million, an analysis in the American Journal of Gastroenterology revealed the thriving online marketplace for "imposters" that claim to cleanse
Read MoreFDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
Read MoreKFF Health News' 'What the Health?': American Health Gets a Pink Slip
The Department of Health and Human Services underwent an unprecedented purge this week, as thousands of employees from the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and P
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