Because President Donald Trump wants him to run HHS. Mr. Trump won the election, convincingly. He has a right to his nominees, barring any clear personal legal problems. And Mr. Kennedy has said time and again that he will execute President Trump's policies at HHS.

Currently, the HHS inspector general's website lists Juliet Hodgkins, principal deputy inspector general, as the highest-ranking member of the leadership team. Hodgkins joined the Office of Inspector General in 2011 and served as the office's acting chief of staff from 2020 to 2022, according to her bio.

The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections. | HHS on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

The Trump administration has promised an overhaul of various government agencies. What will happen to the Health Department?

Mr. Trump fired the inspectors general of at least 15 federal agencies on the evening of Jan. 24, according to The Washington Post. The top watchdogs at the Defense DepartmentState Department, Labor Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs were also among those fired.

The order, widely expected to be challenged in court, could block recipients from being able to receive the treatments and have a chilling effect on providers willing to offer care.

The first week of President Donald Trump’s second term included several executive orders and actions that will be detrimental to public health.

RFK's hearing hasn't even started yet and the White House has already attacked vaccines, birth control and the WHO

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced skeptical senators Thursday in the second day of his confirmation hearing to lead the department of Health and Human Services, Sen. Bill Cassidy confronted Kennedy about vaccines.