Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is proposing to end public comment on decisions made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a document from the health agency showed on Friday. The document,

The US Department of Health and Human Services has reversed an obscure requirement called the Richardson Waiver, which requires a period of notice and an opportunity for public comment on a wide range of decisions related to “agency management or personnel or to public property,

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday released a policy prohibiting public comments during his department’s rulemaking process, ending more than 50 years of the

By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department's policy decisions,

The move comes during a time of major upheaval across federal health agencies, and as the public waits to see how Kennedy will enact his pledge of “radical transparency” at the department.