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RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Panel Backs Away From Plan to Require an Rx for a COVID Shot

In this photo provided by the Department of Health and Human Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, conducts the swearing-in ceremony of Jim O'Neill as the department's deputy secretary, June 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

It's Been a Week of Chaos at the CDC. Here Are 5 Things to Know

Two mothers play with their young children on a green rug inside a classroom.

Hundreds of Pink Slips Prompt California Lawmakers to Warn of Threats to Head Start

California Sues to Block Trump and RFK Jr. Health Cuts That Shuttered SF Office

Head Start Changed Her Life. Now She’s Watching the Program Get Slashed

Meals on Wheels, Child Welfare: Key HHS Staff in SF ‘Woke Up and Our Jobs Were Gone’

San Francisco’s HHS Office to Close in ‘Irresponsible’ Federal Health Cuts, Pelosi Says

What RFK Jr.'s Confirmation Would Mean for the Health of the Nation

California Is Testing New Generative AI Tools. Here's What to Know

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