The money funded vaccination, epidemiology and laboratory work, community health workers, and efforts to address health disparities, a RIDOH spokesperson said.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday it will cut about 10,000 full-time jobs and close half of its regional offices, in a major overhaul of the department under Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to reshape federal public health agencies on Thursday, including cutting 10,000 employees and centralizing some functions of the FDA,

The Chicago Department of Public Health announced on Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has cut some of its COVID-related grants this week. This comes as the federal government cut $11.

Sweeping cuts to federal health agencies have created uncertainty about the future of a variety of public health programs.

As preventable infections like measles threaten to become endemic again in the US, researchers whose government grants were recently terminated are warning about the consequences of throttling studies looking at ways to increase vaccination.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country.

The Trump administration is making significant changes to America's health agencies, including the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department. As part of a massive overhaul, HHS is cutting 10,000 federal workers and consolidating several divisions.