The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the publication of its Living HHS Open Data Plan and the rollout of a refreshed HealthData.gov website marking a transformative milestone in the Department’s commitment to transparency, innovation, and data-driven decision-making.
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At the White House, tech leaders commit to create a Patient-Centric Healthcare Ecosystem. Administrator Oz secured commitments from major healthcare and IT firms, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google, and OpenAI. to begin laying the foundation for a next-generation digital health ecosystem that will improve patient outcomes, reduce provider burden, and drive value.
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring include the new AMA President and recent hires and appointments at HHS.
HHS Secretary Kennedy and CMS Administrator Oz press conference on securing industry pledges to fix the broken Prior Authorization System. They met with insurance leaders of nearly 80% of covered Americans.
By Jackie Fortier – A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to change U.S. policy on covid vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others.
By Arthur Allen – The Trump administration’s unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine and pandemic preparedness experts, who said the project was in early stages, relied on old technology, and was just one of more than 200 such efforts.
The “Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment” report exposes a range of contributing factors—including poor diet, accumulation of environmental toxins, insufficient physical activity, chronic stress, and overmedicalization.
The initiative is part of a broader federal effort to reduce regulatory burdens and increase transparency, in alignment with President Trump’s Executive Order 14192, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation.”
By Stephanie Armour – But even as he extols MAHA, Trump has unleashed a slew of policies likely to make Americans less healthy. He’s slashing 20,000 full time positions from HHS and cutting more than $4 billion in indirect costs related to health research grants, including studies into treatment for Alzheimer’s and cancer.