“Every person working on it was let go,” Hoenig said, noting that the data collection is mandated by Congress. The office is part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which would be absorbed into a new Administration for a Healthy America under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan.

The U.S. District Court grants a temporary restraining order to restore $11 billion in federal public health funds.

Blue Cross of Idaho is laying off over 100 employees in the coming months. The nonprofit health insurer says it’s because the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare terminated a decade-long contract with it,

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has offered no new details about how his massive restructuring of the nation’s health department will improve Americans’ health, a day after thousands of layoffs ricocheted through its agencies.

There's a temporary halt on the nationwide loss of about $11 billion in public health funding, including $239 million in Arizona.

Nonprofit leaders working in housing, healthcare, education and more describe a general uncertainty and anxiety over funding issues, with organizations making plans to tighten their budgets in

“Measles is more common in different places and exposure during travel is something we need to consider," New York State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said. "It’s important that New Yorkers ensure they are up-to-date regarding being immunized against measles. In some cases measles is as close as a car ride away."

With measles on the rise, the Dept. of Health is recommending anyone planning to travel get the MMR vaccine. Here are symptoms to watch out for.

Minnesota is one of 23 states suing the Trump administration over the federal COVID aid freeze. Grant money helped the state respond to measles and avian flu and monitor wastewater to gauge levels of diseases like COVID-19, according to state officials.