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Germany’s health minister is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is not over yet.

Another member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet has tested positive for COVID-19.

U.S. shelters have already received more than 70,000 unaccompanied migrant children from border officials in fiscal year 2022, according to data obtained by CBS News.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra pledged to devote "far more resources towards mental health care" in wake of the pandemic's toll.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to evaluate the Part B premium, given changes that have occurred since the monthly amount was set.

The Food and Drug Administration said eliminating menthol cigarettes could prevent between 300,000 and 650,000 smoking deaths over 40 years.

The agency says the proposal has the potential to significantly reduce disease and death from tobacco by "reducing youth experimentation and addiction."

Texas has led the legal fight against the Biden administration’s immigration policies,...

Texas has led the legal fight against the Biden administration’s immigration policies, filing numerous lawsuits that have led to judges overturning or altering those policies.

Jennifer Tolbert, an expert at KFF, said the uninsured will likely faced reduced testing, treatment and vaccine services.

Former President Barack Obama will be returning to the White House on Tuesday for his first public event there since he left office in 2017.

When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for U.S. health care.

Thousands of patients in Ukraine are receiving lifesaving medicines to treat HIV and opioid addiction through a U.S.-funded group still operating amid the Russian invasion.

A federal agency says it's running out of money to cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday.

COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out of the hospital — if doctors get the pills to them fast enough.

The deaths come sharp contrasts emerge in the global battle with the virus.

With the nation yearning for a new normal after its long struggle with the coronavirus, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra is warning that vaccines, tests and treatments will be “stuck on the ground” unless Congress provides additional funds the White House has demanded.

Biden said Abbott's actions “callously threaten to harm children and their families just to score political points.”

Plan would allow other countries to replicate American scientific breakthroughs, intended to boost supplies to fight pandemic.

A Texas judge was scheduled to consider a statewide injunction on investigations of parents over obtaining gender-affirming care. The appeal now puts the hearing on hold.

The Biden administration is telling Congress it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19.

The Biden administration says it has purchased enough doses of a yet-to-be approved antibody drug to treat 600,000 patients with COVID-19.

The Biden administration says a government grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth.

Following outrage on the political right, the Biden administration said Wednesday that a grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth. “No federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House drug policy adviser Rahul Gupta said in a statement. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said separately that was never the intention, complaining that impression was created by “inaccurate reporting.”

President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the powerful Food and Drug Administration has stalled in the narrowly divided Senate.

The Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing $66.5 million to community groups working across 38 states and Washington, D.C. to help with local vaccine outreach.

Xavier Becerra appears to have taken a backseat to people like Dr. Fauci and COVID response czar Jeffrey Zients despite outranking them.

They urge additional investment, saying the risk of new variants remains high as long as billions of people are unvaccinated.

Most uninsured Americans are eligible for subsidized health coverage, but surveys show many still aren't aware of it.

People looking for health insurance in the grip of the omicron surge have through Saturday to sign up for taxpayer-subsidized private coverage under the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.

You're now entitled to up to eight over-the-counter at-home tests per month, and it must be fully paid for by your health insurer.

Medicare says it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned.

Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans.

Medicare officials were instructed Monday to reassess the standard monthly amount due to a reduction in the cost of a drug that caused half the premium jump.

U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra is ordering Medicare to reassess a big premium increase facing millions of seniors this year.

U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra on Monday ordered Medicare to reassess a big premium increase facing millions of seniors this year, attributed in large part to a pricey new Alzheimer's drug with questionable benefits. Becerra's directive came days after drugmaker Biogen slashed the price of its $56,000-a-year medication, Aduhelm, to $28,200 a year — a cut of about half. “With the 50% price drop of Aduhelm on Jan. 1, there is a compelling basis ... to reexamine the previous recommendation,” Becerra said in a statement about his directive to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Federal health officials are pressing nursing home workers to get their booster shots amid a spike in COVID-19 cases among staffers and a concerning lag in booster vaccination for residents and staff.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo accused the Biden administration Tuesday of "actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments" in the United States.

People in crisis and those trying to help them will have a new three-digit phone number, 988, to reach the national suicide prevention network starting in July.

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block lower court orders that are keeping President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers from going into effect in about half of the states.

The Biden administration’s plan for health insurers to reimburse consumers for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests is recalling the model of a bygone era when the companies processed large volumes of claims from individuals — with paper receipts.

Consumers seeking government-subsidized health insurance for next year have through Wednesday to sign up if they want their new plan to start Jan. 1.

The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should cut back a hefty premium increase soon to hit millions of enrollees.

The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should use its legal authority to cut back a hefty premium increase soon hitting millions of enrollees, as a growing number of Democratic lawmakers call for action amid worries over rising inflation. Last month, Medicare announced one of the largest increases ever in its “Part B” monthly premium for outpatient care, nearly $22, from $148.50 currently to $170.10 starting in January. The agency attributed roughly half the hike, about $11 a month, to the need for a contingency fund to cover Aduhelm, a new $56,000 Alzheimer's drug from Biogen whose benefits have been widely questioned. “Rather than assessing the current $21.60 per month ... premium increase in full, I urge you to reduce the amount,” Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote health secretary Xavier Becerra.

California corrections officials have begun limiting medical parole only to inmates so ill they are on ventilators.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says health providers who have exploited a complicated system to charge exorbitant rates will have to bear their share of the cost — or close.

The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to Black and Asian people getting sick and dying disproportionately from COVID-19.

The Biden administration is helping to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills.

As part of the settlement, the company has agreed to notify workers within one day of new Covid cases.

The Biden administration is encouraging local school districts to host clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to kids and information to parents on the benefits of the shots.

These services can make the difference between being able to live at home with family or landing in a nursing facility. But state Medicaid programs don't always pay for them.

U.S. health officials are laying out plans to let most Americans buy hearing aids without a prescription.

As health care workers face increased levels of pandemic burnout, the Biden Administration is looking to help states recruit and retain clinicians in underserved areas.

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Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra co-hosted a listening session with stakeholders on the bipartisan COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which was signed into law by President Biden on May 20. The session was moderated by Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. The diverse set of stakeholders represented the wide impact of increased hate and bias, and mutual support among impacted communities. Secretary Becerra, Attorney General Garland and Associate Attorney General Gupta closed the listening session by thanking the advocacy organizations for their participation, thoughtful dialogue, and commitment to advancing justice. Stakeholders who would like to provide recommendations on the guidance are encouraged to submit their public comments to the Justice Department and HHS at COVID19HateCrimesGuidance@hhs.gov.

Is the Department of Health and Human Services under the Biden administration ignoring what politicians refer to as "the science" when it comes to natural immunity from the coronavirus?

The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections against so-called “surprise” medical bills.

The Biden administration also issued memorandums detailing two federal statutes officials says they would enforce to provide protection for patients who may need an abortion and health care providers who assist pregnant patients in certain situations.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Friday that resources and actions would be placed in effect as a federal response to Texas’ new abortion law, SB8.

Opposition from some leading moderate Democrats over a $3.5 trillion budget proposal championed by the party's most liberal, progressive wing has left the party grappling with deeper ideological questions.

Opposition from some leading moderate Democrats over a $3.5 trillion budget proposal championed by the party's most liberal, progressive wing has left the party grappling with deeper ideological questions.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra speaks to the press after taking a tour of a vaccination site at Community of Hope, a community heath center, on May 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday unveiled the Biden administration's road map to lowering the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. The plan, summarized in a 29-page document, supports legislation that allows the U.S. government to negotiate lower prices on the costliest drugs each year and pass those savings on to private insurers. Current rules prohibit the HHS from negotiating drug prices on behalf of Medicare — the federal government's health insurance plan for the elderly. It would reduce regulatory barriers to getting a new drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration and incentivize drugmakers to develop medications that are already on the U.S. market, ensuring competition and forcing other companies to lower prices, according to the administration.

The Biden administration is launching a new health office that will prod hospitals to cut carbon emissions, aiming to provide greener, more environmentally friendly medical care.

The Department of Health and Human Services will require nearly a third of its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine while the Department of Veterans Affairs expanded its vaccination mandate.

The Department of Health and Human Services will require nearly a third of its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine while the Department of Veterans Affairs expanded its vaccination mandate.

This follows similar orders recently issued by the VA and U.S. military.

The vaccine requirement from HHS comes just days after the Pentagon issued mandated the shots or all service members to get immunized.

The federal Department of Health and Human Services is requiring employees who provide care for patients to get their COVID-19 shots.

A group of Republican lawmakers penned a letter to Merrick Garland and Xavier Becerra claiming that the pair had violated federal conscience-protection laws.

Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the Biden administration is once again keeping a public health order in place — a move that could keep migrants crossing into the U.S. barred from requesting asylum. The restrictions were set to expire Wednesday, but Becerra renewed the order Monday in a statement published on HHS’ Public Health Emergency government website. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leveraged this order in March 2020 and created its own order dictating change at the border. Under the CDC’s order and a federal public health code known as Title 42, U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection expels migrants from the country and keeps them from requesting asylum. McAllen leaders contend that lifting the order would lead to more migrants released into local communities and overwhelm shelters.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra argued that the federal government is entitled to know who in the United States has been vaccinated, responding to anger from GOP House members who say the Biden administration is infringing on personal liberty.

Some of the children who crossed the Mexican border alone are placed in foster homes, where families make them homecooked meals, take them on bike rides and tuck them in at night.

COVID funding meant for the National Institutes of Health will instead cover pandemic-related costs for minors and staff along the U.S.-Mexico border.

While visiting an uptown Charlotte vaccination site with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Gov. Roy Cooper said the state’s slight uptick in COVID-19 cases is likely due to the variant.

While visiting an uptown Charlotte vaccination site with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Gov. Roy Cooper said the state’s slight uptick in COVID-19 cases is likely due to the variant.

While visiting an uptown Charlotte vaccination site with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Gov. Roy Cooper said the state’s slight uptick in COVID-19 cases is likely due to the variant.

The Biden administration gave a rare look inside a 'model' emergency shelter.

The Biden administration has given a rare look inside an emergency shelter it opened to house migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone.

The Biden administration is putting into place consumer protections against “surprise” medical bills enacted in bipartisan legislation signed last year by former President Donald Trump.

The Department of Health and Human Services will continue to house migrant children at four emergency sites, including a tent camp at the Fort Bliss Army base.

The number of children held at the Fort Bliss Customs and Border Protection facility has dropped 40%, according to the Biden administration.

The Biden administration says the number of unaccompanied migrant children housed at its largest emergency shelter has dropped by more than 40% since mid-June.

Thrown off-stride to reach its COVID-19 vaccination goal, the Biden administration is sending A-list officials across the country, devising ads for niche markets and enlisting community organizers to persuade unvaccinated people to get a shot.

Thrown off-stride to reach its COVID-19 vaccination goal, the Biden administration is sending A-list officials across the country, devising ads for niche markets and enlisting community organizers to persuade unvaccinated people to get a shot. The focus is a group health officials term the “movable middle” — some 55 million unvaccinated adults seen as persuadable, many of them under 30. “We’re not just going to do the mass vaccination sites," said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

CBS News has reported that migrant children held at Fort Bliss are constantly monitored for self-harm, escape attempts and panic attacks.

Manchin's backing is pivotal and would allow a new spending bill can pass without any GOP votes. He wants to raise corporate taxes as well.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited the Rio Grande Valley this week with U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez to tour a migrant child care facility. Data from the government suggests fewer children are coming into the U.S. without their parents.

Oklahoma senator James Lankford (R.) confronted Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra Thursday over the department’s replacement of "mothers" with the term "birthing people."

With COVID-19 cases declining and vaccinations increasing, governors across the U.S. are wrestling with decisions about when to declare an end to the emergency declarations they have issued and reissued throughout the pandemic.

A partisan ad war has erupted in West Virginia as both sides are trying to pressure Joe Manchin over elements of his party's agenda.

Attorneys who’ve been able to visit migrant children at emergency shelters opened by the Biden administration told Yahoo News they are especially concerned about conditions at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base where thousands of kids are being housed in massive tents.

Without mentioning China, the US health secretary says experts must be allowed to evaluate the virus source.

The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, reversing a Trump-era policy.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is receiving criticism from lawmakers in his own party over his shifting economic reopening plan, with a group of Democrats from the state’s second most populous county threatening the possibility of a special legislative session.

The Supreme Court has refused to consider Texas’ challenge to California’s ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states deemed to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

Federal officials have reversed Trump administration restrictions on using human fetal tissue for medical research.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves the Senate chamber following a procedural vote on the nomination of Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's pick to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is nominating Gayle Manchin, the wife of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, to be the co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, an economic development partnership involving the federal government and 13 states. Gayle Manchin, 73, has held multiple government positions linked to education in a state where her husband is a political force. A former teacher, she was on the West Virginia Board of Education from 2007 to 2015 and served a two-year term as its president. Manchin was also the state's secretary of education and the arts in 2017 and 2018, but was removed from the post by West Virginia Gov.

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, March 25, 2021, that judges must consider suspects' ability to pay when they set bail, essentially requiring that indigent defendants be freed unless they are deemed too dangerous to be released awaiting trial. The court’s ruling allows cash bail, so long as defendants can afford it. Previously, judges set bail based on suspects’ criminal records and pending charges. AdWhile it considered the case, the high court in August took the extraordinary step of requiring California judges to follow a lower court ruling and set bail amounts based on what suspects can afford to pay. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated Assemblyman Rob Bonta, a leading proponent of ending cash bail.

Nursing homes have to publicly disclose their vaccination rates for flu and pneumonia, but theres no similar mandate for COVID-19 shots. Nursing homes have been required since last May to regularly report cases and deaths among residents and staff to the government. Nursing homes are again allowing loved ones to visit, and hugs are included. The main nursing home industry trade group, the American Health Care Association, says it supports disclosure of vaccination data. Wyden and Crapo said current government policy that encourages nursing homes to voluntarily report vaccination data to the government has only led to “limited participation by the industry.”The government should require nursing homes to break down vaccination data by race and ethnicity, given disparities in vaccine acceptance.