As they entered office at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2021, Xavier Becerra and his allies had a plan to restore Americans’ faith in the nation’s beleaguered public health ...

That’s where we were,” Becerra said in an interview on Wednesday with the Associated Press. “Fast forward four years later … we are in a much better place.” A former California attorney ...

Becerra, in the top position at the federal agency since 2021, has overseen the department’s efforts to reduce costs, expand access to services, narrow disparities in outcomes and strengthen ...

Xavier Becerra, the outgoing Health and Human Services secretary, says the country is "healthier and stronger" than when he took office in 2021, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.