Department of Health and Human Services

American  

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

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Department of Health and Human Services Cultural  

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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Department of Health and Human Services

Records of the doctor’s phone and journals were transferred to the senators by the Department of Health and Human Services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Fauci had returned the phone upon retiring from government in 2022, and the Department of Health and Human Services transferred its contents to Johnson’s office last week upon his request.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Department of Health and Human Services from sharing personal data of Medicaid recipients with Homeland Security, though some of that data have already been shared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Becerra served as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services during the Biden administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

She took out a State of Maine * Department of Health and Human Services folder and laid it on the kitchen table.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt