Also known as: HHS · US Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Health and Human Services — U.S. federal agency involved in passport enforcement for unpaid child support and health policy under Trump administration.
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… His alleged misrepresentations had financial implications for the home health agency, which, as a result, falsely received ineligible units and claims totalling $51,435.63 from the US Department of Health and Human Services. …
Ghanaian jailed in US for using relative’s identity to secure jobJoy Online
… olicy risks shifting medical and public-health responsibility to third countries, it may encourage travelers to conceal itineraries or exposures, and it will make recruitment of American outbreak responders more difficult.” On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services …
US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing EbolaJoy Online
… States scramble to test and track cyclosporiasis cases Some public health experts said finding the outbreak’s origins also are complicated by cuts to agencies and programmes within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). …
‘Explosive diarrhoea’ outbreak remains a mystery as officials struggle to find sourcesJoy Online
… Still, she said, the database was the “most comprehensive non-military, non-intelligence inventory of AI use cases we have.” At the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Health and Human Services, the chatbot was used for low-level tasks such as generating first dr …
Grok falls flat in Washington, undercutting SpaceX’s AI growth storyJoy Online
… According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, two of the 17 US nationals repatriated on government-organized flights travelled in a dedicated biocontainment unit. …
Macron announces €23bn in investment for Africa at Nairobi summitJoy Online
… In its statement early on Monday, the US Department of Health and Human Services said all 17 US citizens on Sunday’s flight would undergo “clinical assessment” at a medical facility in Nebraska. …
France confirms first hantavirus caseJoy Online
… In its statement early on Monday, the US Department of Health and Human Services said all 17 US citizens on the flight will “will undergo clinical assessment” at a medical facility in Nebraska. …
US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving shipJoy Online
… Department of State is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify citizens who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support. …
Passport Panic in America: Why Trump’s child support crackdown is sending shockwaves through familiesJoy Online
… With the new policy, the State Department said it will work with the US Department of Health and Human Services to identify those with outstanding debt and revoke passports. …
US to revoke passports of parents with child support debtJoy Online
A year ago, US President Donald Trump pledged to let Robert Kennedy Jr “go wild” on health after tapping him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). …
Trump said RFK Jr could run ‘wild’ with health policy. Instead he’s reined him inLinford Atakora, 29, was sentenced to approximately nine months in federal custody in the United States for fraudulently using a relative's identity and Social Security number to secure employment at a home health agency in North Dakota in March 2024. The court ordered his removal to Ghana following his sentence, which accounts for time already served.
20 hours ago · Joy Online →
Linford Atakora, 29, was sentenced to approximately nine months in federal custody in the United States for fraudulently using a relative's identity and Social Security number to secure employment at a home health agency in North Dakota in March 2024. The court ordered his removal to Ghana following his sentence, which accounts for time already served.
20 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Trump administration is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the U.S. on commercial flights, placing them on a "do-not-board" list until they have spent at least 21 days in a third country, citing a widening Ebola outbreak that has confirmed 1,926 cases and 702 deaths.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A parasitic infection called cyclosporiasis, which spreads through contaminated water or food, has infected over 3,000 people across 31 states. Public health officials are struggling to trace the outbreak's origin, partly because the parasite takes one to two weeks to cause symptoms and is difficult to detect in food samples.
14 July 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX's xAI startup, which promises to capture a portion of a multi-trillion-dollar AI market, has seen its Grok chatbot flop with U.S. government customers. Federal inventory records show only three instances of xAI or Grok use among over 400 publicly identified government AI deployments, compared to 234 involving OpenAI's models, 33 involving Alphabet products, and 26 involving Anthropic's Claude.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
French President Emmanuel Macron announced €23 billion in investments at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, with €14 billion from French donors and the rest from African investors, targeting energy transition, digitalization and agriculture and potentially creating over 250,000 jobs. The summit brings together thirty African leaders and aims to shift France's Africa policy toward equal partnership and direct investment over traditional development aid.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Seven cases of hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship have been confirmed, with an American and French national testing positive after returning home. Three passengers have died, including two confirmed cases, and the WHO says the virus's Andes strain was likely contracted in South America.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
An American and a French national who left a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have tested positive for the virus after returning home; more than 90 passengers from the MV Hondius ship are being repatriated, with three passengers dead and officials saying the risk of a major outbreak is very low.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration is intensifying enforcement against Americans owing more than $2,500 in unpaid child support, with the State Department and Health and Human Services denying or revoking passports until debts are resolved. Supporters say it holds debtors accountable; critics argue it deepens family crises.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The US State Department will begin revoking passports of Americans with outstanding child support debt exceeding $2,500, targeting those with "significant outstanding" amounts. Those affected must arrange payment to state agencies to prevent revocation; once revoked, passports cannot be replaced until the debt is paid.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
US President Donald Trump, who a year ago pledged to let Robert Kennedy Jr "go wild" on health policy as HHS secretary, has instead reined him in. Cracks have emerged in their relationship following Kennedy's congressional grilling over his support for Trump's glyphosate executive order, which contradicted positions championed by his health-conscious political base.
26 April 2026 · Joy Online →