HHS Moves to Eliminate Mercury Fillings, Review Food Preservatives, Expand Health Tech, and Restructure Leadership
What This Means for You Dental Care: The Indian Health Service will phase out mercury-containing dental fillings by 2027 and shift to mercury-free materials. Food Safety: The FDA has launched…
HHS’ tech office proposes to gut and reset health IT policy
Editor’s note: This is a breaking news story that may be updated. The health information technology arm at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a rule that…
HHS has a new health IT chief
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Tech modernization at community centers in limbo after HHS cuts
The future of a technology modernization program, meant to help the government understand if the billions of tax dollars it spends on community health centers are in fact making Americans…
HHS terminations impact AI regulation at FDA
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OIG again deems HHS’ infosec program ineffective
Similar to its findings last year, the Office of Inspector General said Tuesday that the U.S. Health and Human Services continued to have difficulty in identifying, detecting, responding to and…