Maryland Health Secretary Dr. Laura Herrera Scott. File photo by Bryan P. Sears. State officials pushed back against critics of new Medicaid regulations that took effect Thursday, saying the tighter ...

Declaring a state of public health emergency − and mobilizing resources to address it − is a power of the HHS secretary. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo The secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...

The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the nation’s overall well-being. Under the secretary’s ...

WASHINGTON -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to oust all 16 members of a task force that recommends which preventive health services, such as cancer screenings, must ...

Secretary of Human Services Al Gobeille Credit: File: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur Al Gobeille is stepping down from Gov. Phil Scott’s cabinet after two and a half years as secretary of the Agency of Human ...

Almost 100 new ambulance staff will help the NHS cope with increased winter pressures, the Scottish health secretary has ...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blessed his employees with another three days of taxpayer-funded vacation time, bringing his four-year total to more than six weeks — the equivalent of ...

Jon Santiago, the state's first-ever Cabinet-level veterans services secretary, will step down from his post this fall in the latest high-profile departure from the Healey administration, officials ...

The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American's access to health care and in the nation's overall well-being. Under the secretary's ...