Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the state of the EPA during a protest by the American Federation of Government Employees union, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Michigan’s Dan Kildee blasts Scott Pruitt for refusing to release study on dangerous chemicals

Josh Siegel · May 22, 2018 7:03 pm

Alex Azar is a former health official at HHS, where he served as deputy secretary under former President George W. Bush. He also is a former top executive for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

US to contribute additional $7 million to Congo’s Ebola fight

Kimberly Leonard · May 22, 2018 1:57 pm

America's Health Insurance Plans said the proposal "cannot work." (iStock photo)

700,000 more people uninsured during Trump’s first year

Kimberly Leonard · May 22, 2018 4:01 am

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., gestures during an event.

Democrat pushes for ban on use of military bases to house immigrant children

Melissa Quinn · May 18, 2018 3:21 pm

A pedestrian next to signage outside a Planned Parenthood office.

Trump proposes cutting federal funding to Planned Parenthood over abortions

Kimberly Leonard · May 18, 2018 12:19 pm

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during an event about prescription drug prices in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 11, 2018, in Washington.

Cancer groups approach drug price overhaul with caution

Robert King · May 16, 2018 10:48 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., confer at the Capitol on May 10, 2018.

Trump tries to break America’s addiction to high drug prices

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2018 4:29 pm

Detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border in Karnes City, Texas.

Trump administration may house immigrant children on military bases: Report

Travis J. Tritten · May 15, 2018 7:13 pm

Abortion providers are criticizing more than $1.6 million in state funding that was allocated to the Texas pro-life Heidi Group. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Democrats warn Trump administration against abortion ‘gag rule’

Kimberly Leonard · May 15, 2018 11:39 am

Alex Azar fires back at critics of drug pricing plan: ‘The president is doing exactly what he said’

Kimberly Leonard · May 14, 2018 2:36 pm

President Trump listens as Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar speaks during an event about prescription drug prices.

Former pharma exec Alex Azar says public should ‘trust us’ on drug prices

Robert King · May 11, 2018 8:14 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., confer at the Capitol on May 10, 2018.

Trump plans to end ‘total ripoff’ gag rule on drug prices for Medicare plans

Robert King · May 11, 2018 7:33 pm