Houston Park and John Knox, trained firefighters, are also in line for roles helping oversee the nation’s emergency ...

Labor's temporary chief is Vince Micone, an official with extensive HR experience, and the temporary HHS chief is Dr. Dorothy ...

In a memo obtained by NPR, acting health secretary Dorothy Fink forbade staff from public communications on most matters ...

The memo says staff should coordinate with presidential appointees before issuing official communications to public officials ...

Incoming Trump officials have tapped Dorothy Fink, an endocrinologist and career ... Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for HHS secretary, undergoes Senate confirmation.

All communication from federal health agencies will be paused until Feb. 1 while the new Trump-Vance administration catches ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused public communications until Feb. 1 as Trump appointees take control of health agencies.

NPR obtained a memo issued by the acting head of HHS, Dr. Dorothy Fink, to the heads of all the agency’s operating divisions, directing them to refrain from most external communications ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at 200 Independence Ave. SW in Washington, DC. The agency, which has some 90,000 employees, is putting a freeze on most staff communication as of ...

The hold on reports, regulations, guidance and announcements is in place until at least the end of the month. Among agencies subject to the directive include the Centers for Disease Control and ...