HHS

Do You Know Who’s Using Your DNA Data?

Public genealogy databases have some downsides.

  • By Ephrat Livni, Quartz

House Passes Bill to Open Government Data About Opioid Abuse

The Health and Human Services Department would have to build a dashboard to share information about substance abuse, treatment and recovery.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Why Your Agency Needs a Chief Product Officer

Sometimes an IT problem is really an answer.

  • By Aaron Boyd

How NIH is Organizing Its Enormous Troves of Data

The agency has a new strategic plan for how to manage, store and analyze its scientific data.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Report: How HHS Buried Information About the Affordable Care Act

A transparency group analyzed the removal and demotion of information related to Obamacare on a federal website.

  • By Charles S. Clark

Ebola Returns Just as the White House Loses Its Top Biodefense Expert

The highly respected Tim Ziemer left the National Security Council earlier this week. Here’s who will be taking over his duties.

  • By Ed Yong, The Atlantic

Groups Monitoring Agency Website Changes See Deeper Trump Agenda

Removal of some health data from HHS site is simply a matter of reorganizing information by disease, not population group, HHS says.

  • By Charles S. Clark

$1.65 Trillion Federal Health Market Will Be Boon For IT Industry

The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments' electronic health records programs will be the largest spending areas, according to analysts.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Inspector General Confirms Investigation into HHS Cyber Center

The office previously declined to confirm the investigation into the center, where two top officials were reassigned in September.

  • By Joseph Marks
A microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in the Infectious Disease Laboratory at the CDC in Atlanta. A microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in the Infectious Disease Laboratory at the CDC in Atlanta.

Trump’s Pick for CDC Director Is Experienced But Controversial

On the face of it, veteran virologist Robert Redfield seems like a good pick to lead the agency, but decades-old disputes are shadowing his appointment.

  • By Ed Yong, The Atlantic
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar

Ousted HHS Cyber Leaders Have Met With Inspector General About A Reprisal Complaint

The pair are seeking a meeting with HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

  • By Joseph Marks

CMS Deputy CIO to Replace HHS CISO Departing Amid Controversy

Outgoing HHS CISO Chris Wlaschin has said his March 31 departure is for personal reasons, not a scandal over the department’s cyber center.

  • By Joseph Marks

HHS Wants to Use AI to Buy in Bulk

The agency wants to use artificial intelligence to find hidden efficiencies in contract data.

  • By Jack Corrigan

HHS Kicks Off Tour to Entice Startups

Agency officials are heading on a cross-country tour to demystify selling to the government.

  • By Jack Corrigan
A microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in an antimicrobial resistance and characterization lab within the Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. A microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in an antimicrobial resistance and characterization lab within the Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff

It's already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics.

  • By Ed Yong, The Atlantic

The CDC Is Now Officially Planning For a Nuclear Attack

Welcome to 2018. It’s been an apocalyptic start to the new year.

  • By Karen Hao, Quartz

US Lifts Ban on Super-Virus Studies

But that doesn't mean there will be genetically modified strains of ebola in a test tube near you.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

HHS Turns to Citizen Coders to Curtail Opioid Epidemic

More than 300 coders and health advocates showed up for the agency’s first code-a-thon.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Stanford Trained AI to Diagnose Pneumonia Better Than a Radiologist in Just Two Months

There’s a clear trend that having more data makes it easier to train artificial intelligence.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

House Panel Investigates Retaliation Against HHS Cyber Leads

Leaders of the HHS cyber center were reassigned amid allegations of contracting misconduct.

  • By Joseph Marks