Massachusetts Health and Human Service Secretary Kate Walsh is retiring after two and a half years in the role. Gov. Maura ...

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, undersecretary of health in the office since April 2023, will take over as the agency’s secretary on ...

Mass. Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh speaks at a naloxone training event on July 8, 2025.

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the mass layoffs carried out at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) likely went against the law and there is sufficient evidence to support ...

The move will cut roughly 20,000 jobs and shrink HHS down to about 62,000 positions, according to the announcement by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. About 10,000 people are being laid off, and ...