HHS Region 5

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Thank you @WVGovernor Morrisey and legislators for leading the nation in passing a bill to clean up our food supply and submitting a waiver to remove soda from SNAP. I commend the 24 states pushing MAHA bills to clean up our food system, improve school lunches, submit waivers to SNAP, and promote patient choice. This state leadership adds leverage to the Trump administration’s drive to Make America Healthy Again. I urge every Governor to follow West Virginia’s lead and submit a waiver to the USDA to remove soda from SNAP. If there’s one thing we can agree on, it should be eliminating taxpayer-funded soda subsidies for lower income kids. I look forward to inviting every Governor who submits a waiver to come celebrate with me at the White House this fall. Thank you @USDA @SecRollins for your leadership on this vital issue for children’s health. Learn more ➡️ hhs.gov/about/news/wes…

ACF has sent a letter to California requesting curricula and related materials for its federally funded Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) to ensure the curriculum is both age appropriate and medically accurate. Read the press release: acf.mobi/3E4XMwg

📸 Photos from today's historic event in West Virginia - @SecKennedy celebrates @WVGovernor Morrisey banning seven types of harmful food dyes from school lunches and committing to request a waiver to restrict taxpayer funds from being used to purchase soda through SNAP.

We are streamlining HHS to make our agency more efficient and more effective. We will eliminate an entire alphabet soup of departments, while preserving their core functions by merging them into a new organization called the Administration for a Healthy America or AHA. This overhaul will improve the health of the entire nation — to Make America Healthy Again.

Instead of inspiring universal condemnation, the October 7 holocaust triggered a global wave of anti-Semitism. Ivy league campuses became a greenhouse for poison. President Trump has ordered his cabinet to use every constitutional tool to uproot this divisive weed. I’m glad Columbia has agreed to this first step and will begin to restore itself as a garden of tolerance, reason, compassion, and respect. Learn more ➡️ hhs.gov/about/news/col…

Today, on #WorldDownSyndromeDay, we celebrate the incredible children and adults with Down syndrome and the families who love and support them. Every life is precious, full of promise, and worthy of protection. HHS is committed to supporting these families and ensuring easy access to the care and resources they deserve.

Great discussion today with @ConsumerBrands CEOs of @KraftHeinzCo @GeneralMills @TysonFoods @KelloggsUS @smuckers and @PepsiCo on advancing food safety and radical transparency to protect the health of all Americans, especially our children. We will strengthen consumer trust by getting toxins out of our food. Let’s Make America Healthy Again.

“We’ve been able to recruit higher quality personnel to HHS than in any time in its history. These are individuals who will return the agency to gold-standard science, evidence-based medicine, and recalibrate its trajectory toward public health rather than industry profiteering.” @SecKennedy Learn More ⬇️ hhs.gov/about/news/ogc…

You got me where I am today, and I will not let you down. Thank you to the MAHA moms who participated in our first MAHA Commission roundtable. 🙏

.@HHSgov @SecKennedy extended the public health emergency for the national opioid crisis, ensuring critical support continues as we strive towards Making America Healthy Again. Read more: samhsa.gov/newsroom/press… #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain

I had a wonderful visit at a Head Start program in Alexandria, Virginia today. As we celebrate National Nutrition Month, @HHSGov is reinforcing its commitment to Make America Healthy Again by prioritizing healthy eating and nutrition for Head Start grantees. We are encouraging programs to switch from low-fat dairy – which the antiquated Dietary Guidelines require them to promote – to full fat/whole milk.

Today, @SecKennedy visited the Greater Mount Vernon Community Head Start in Gum Springs, VA. Nutrition services have been a hallmark of the Head Start program since its inception. HHS is excited to continue to build on this legacy. Healthy eating is critical for children’s brain development, immune health, and overall growth.

.@SecKennedy today visited Louisa County High School in Mineral, Virginia with @GovernorVA Youngkin. They engaged with students and staff to witness the success and importance of bell-to-bell cell-phone free education. SAMHSA has been working to improve our understanding of the impact of cell phones and social media use on young people and leveraging @HHSgov grant funding and technical assistance to help support state, community, and school efforts to improve mental health and wellbeing.

I am directing the FDA commissioner to start the process of changing the rules to eliminate the self-affirmed GRAS pathway for new ingredients. I am also calling on the @US_FDA and @NIH continue to conduct and improve post-market assessments of GRAS chemicals currently in our food so we can rapidly identify the compounds that are making Americans so sick, and so that American consumers and regulators can make informed decisions. This is an important step in our pursuit to Make America Healthy Again.

.@SecKennedy had an important discussion today with doctors regarding President Trump’s historic No Surprises Act. HHS is committed to protecting patients from unexpected medical bills.

After meeting with CEOs of top infant formula manufacturers today, @SecKennedy + @US_FDA announced Operation Stork Speed to expand options for safe, reliable, and nutritious infant formula for American families. Learn more ➡️ hhs.gov/about/news/ope…

HHS has selected 15 new drugs for #Medicare negotiations – these drugs treat conditions such as cancer, type 2 diabetes, and asthma:

there remains important work ahead. I know you and your teams will continue driving this vital mission forward. Thank you. And onward ! Mike"

success – from expanding healthcare access and reducing costs, to strengthening behavioral health services, protecting reproductive rights, addressing social determinants of health, and advancing health equity. While I'm immensely proud of what we've accomplished together,

RD Cabonargi: "Today marks my last day as Regional Director at HHS. It has been an honor to work with you in Region 5 across IL, WI, MI, MN, IN, OH & the 34 sovereign tribes in our region. When @POTUS & @VP gave me this opportunity to serve in January 2023, I could never have