Department of Health and Human Services

noun

1. the department of the U.S. government that administers federal programs dealing with public health, welfare, and income security: created in 1979 from the reorganized Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

1. A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the Social Security Administration, the Public Health Service, and other programs designed to promote public welfare. It was originally called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, until the separate Department of Education was created in 1979.

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A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services said it is increasing oversight of insurers’ networks and their provider directories.

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Discussions regarding concerns over Makary’s management included officials at the Department of Health and Human Services, of which the FDA is a part, and later reached the White House, the people said.

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Department of Health and Human Services, Kennedy made clear that he intended to wreak extensive disruption at FDA.

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What impact will the lawsuit have on the Department of Health and Human Services?

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Department of Health and Human Services pulled nearly $600 million in funding that the Biden administration had awarded to Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine.

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