Xavier Becerra is reflecting on tenure as HHS secretary. He told Scripps News, "We're leaving this country healthier and stronger."

The agency will announce the 15 new drugs chosen for Medicare negotiation on Friday morning. The companies that manufacture these drugs will have until Feb. 28 to sign negotiation agreement. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra called the ...

Medicare will soon negotiate prices for 15 more drugs as part of an effort to reduce costs for seniors and people with disabilities, federal health officials announced in a news release. The negotiations,

As of Monday, FDA commissioner Robert Califf, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Medicare director Meena Seshamani, and FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research director Patrizia Cavazzoni have retired or intend to retire prior to Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.

WASHINGTON — Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications ... big deal,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a call with reporters on Thursday.

The fact that Medicare spends so much on 25 drugs — out of the roughly 8,000 medications it covers — shows the importance of being able to negotiate better prices, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters. “It lets us go ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services negotiated prices for a ... "Once again, we have a chance to negotiate a better deal for the American people," Xavier Becerra, the Biden administration's secretary of Health and Human Services, said in a statement.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says “this is a big deal.” Drug companies oppose the program.

P ut on the spot, a lot of Americans might hesitate over the difference between Medicaid and Medicare. People who aren’t affected by one of these programs, which together enroll

President Donald Trump’s decision to tap Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s top health agency has elicited criticism from abortion-rights supporters and opponents. Kennedy’s confirmation hearing before the U.

Of the scores of day-one executive orders (EOs) issued by President Trump, the order rescinding a Biden administration executive order on