Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was on Capitol Hill Thursday for hearings about his department’s 2026 budget. He argued with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-5) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) while he was there.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, joined by 19 other state attorneys general, including Connecticut’s William Tong, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) were among many Democrats who opposed his nomination.

New York's federally funded cooling assistance benefit — The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) — has seen a 200% increase in demand since last summer forcing the program to stop accepting applications.

During the first week that COVID-19 vaccines were available to children younger than five, 2,811 kids in that age group received their first dose in Connecticut, state data show.

The City of New Haven, Connecticut will pay over $200,000 to the federal government after a data breach that compromised the personal information of…

The Department of Health and Humans Services has told Congress that the federal government cannot account for another 1,500 unaccompanied minors. U.S.…

A new federal report on the emergency preparedness and response of tri-state area hospitals during Superstorm Sandy says many of them were unprepared to…