Rachel Roubein

Marty Makary's expected exit is the latest shake-up at the Department of Health and Human Services, with some officials selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being swapped out for more conventional choices.

Rachel Roubein, Dan Diamond Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned Tuesday after months of turmoil at the agency

Tracy Beth Høeg played a key role alongside then-Commissioner Marty Makary in trying to reduce the list of routine shots recommended for all babies and children.

Trump officials have increasingly swapped out RFK Jr.’s handpicked deputies for people with more traditional experience, seeking to tamp down on health agencies’ controversies ahead of the midterms.

But more than a year into Kennedy's tenure, Trump officials have increasingly swapped out Kennedy's handpicked deputies for people with more traditional experience, seeking to tamp down the health agencies' controversies ahead of this year's midterm elections.

There are no existing vaccines for this strain of the virus raging through the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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White House officials have been pushing for aggressive monitoring at home for those who return from the quarantine facility, but has retreated from initial proposals. Negotiations are ongoing with state officials.

U.S. officials are prepared to allow some of the 18 American passengers exposed to a unique strain of hantavirus to leave a special quarantine facility in Nebraska as early as Monday. But they are sti...

U.S. officials are prepared to allow some of the 18 American passengers exposed to a unique strain of hantavirus to leave a special quarantine facility in Nebraska as early as Monday. But they are still negotiating with state officials over how closely the passengers should be monitored for the remainder of the 42-day quarantine after returning home, according to three people familiar with the response.