Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

Fauci, Other NIH Officials May Not Have Been Legally Appointed to Their Offices, House GOP Says

Former National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease (NAIAD) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and a dozen other directors of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) appear not to have been legally appointed to their offices, according to a year-long investigation by House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans. Mr. Fauci and the others were to serve…


Biden Health Official Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds to Wear Masks for Low-Income Financial Assistance

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a policy requiring 2-year-olds to wear masks as a condition to participate in a low-income financial assistance program. The Head Start program is an HHS initiative that manages a series of facilities across the United States providing education, nutrition, and parental engagement services for…


Biden Health Official Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds to Wear Masks

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a policy requiring 2-year-olds to wear masks as a condition to participate in a low-income financial assistance program. The Head Start program is an HHS initiative that manages a series of facilities across the United States providing education, nutrition, and parental engagement services for…


EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Alleges Federal Government Acts as ‘Middleman’ for Cartel Child Trafficking

The U.S. government is taking an active role as “middleman” for international child trafficking, according to explosive allegations from a whistleblower. The whistleblower, a federal employee named Tara Rodas who has worked in various government sectors, told The Epoch Times in an interview that she had direct experience with trafficked children while working at a…


Rep. Gosar Says HHS Official’s Ignorance of Child Placement Statistics Is ‘Unacceptable’

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) was thoroughly dissatisfied on April 18 with a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official’s responses regarding the resettlement of unaccompanied illegal immigrant children. “I find it very unacceptable, your performance this morning,” Gosar told Robin Dunn Marcos, director of the HHS Administration of Children and Families’ Office of Refugee…


Biden’s HHS May Plan to Prioritize Organ Transplants by Race, Legal Group Warns, Launches Inquiry

Amid the Biden administration’s efforts to increase racial equity across government agencies, the America First Legal Foundation (AFL) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to investigate what it suspects to be a forthcoming “racist overhaul” of the nation’s organ transplant system. Filed on…


Lawsuit Alleges Biden Admin Enforcement Failure Triggered Skyrocketing Drug Prices

The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury for failing to enforce a drug price transparency rule. This rule mandates that group health plans and health insurers publish the prices of prescription drugs in order to provide consumers with…


Ernst Gives Latest ‘Squeal Award’ to HHS for Failing to Bar Federal Funding of Wuhan Lab, as Recommended by Watchdog

Feb. 14 may be a day for romantic gifts, but that’s not what Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave Secretary Xavier Becerra and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to bar China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) from receiving any more federal funds. The Iowa Republican gave Becerra and HHS her latest…


Biden Administration Considers Declaring a Public Health Emergency on Abortion

The Biden administration is considering the possibility of declaring a health emergency due to the lack of abortion access in some states. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra told Axios on Jan. 30 that there have been “discussions” about how best to protect abortion rights, including the possibility of an emergency declaration. “There…


HHS Report Outlines ‘Major Savings’ of Affordable Insulin Now Act

The Affordable Insulin Now Act, which took effect on Jan. 1, caps insulin costs at $35 for seniors on Medicare. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report on Jan. 24 outlining “the major savings.” If the provision, which is part of the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by President…