HHS recommended that the DEA make kratom a Schedule I drug, like LSD or heroin
The Department of Health and Human Services asserted in a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration that two chemicals in kratom should be classified as Schedule I substances, meaning that the chemicals have “a high potential for abuse” and that…
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After scandal over private flights, who will replace Tom Price?
The search is on for a new secretary of Health and Human Services after former Georgia Congressman Tom Price resigned on Friday following a scandal over using expensive private charter flights for official travel. President Donald Trump has named Deputy…
Read Health Secretary Price’s full resignation letter
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday. Read Price's full letter.
WATCH: Donald Trump chastises Tom Price for private plane travel on official business
Asked whether he's planning on firing Price, Trump responded: "We'll see."…
Trump's selection, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., 62, is a veteran conservative congressman and orthopedic surgeon from Atlanta's suburbs who has long favored voiding Obama's 2010 law and wrote his own proposed substitute for it.
President-elect Donald Trump chose orthopedist and six-term Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and health policy expert Seema Verma to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump’s pick for…
Despite recent improvements, health disparities persist among racial and ethnic groups, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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