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Flu Season Shows the Need for Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, Work, Health, Economy, Swine Flu Pandemic, Pandemic, Work-Life Balance, Health Care, Telecommuting, Living News
David Gray

There are many people who are used to going to work when they are a bit under the weather. However, swine flu is changing that equation.

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How To Live On $0 A Day: This Could Be the Best Health Care Reform Plan You're Gonna Get

Lesley Stern | Posted 09.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Healthy Living, Depression, Lifestyle, Department of Health and Human Services, Humor, Economy, Economic Crisis, Health Insurance, Advice, Wellness, Recession, Financial Meltdown, Organic Food, Prevention, Exercise, Health, Satire, Insomnia, Living, Quit Smoking, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Comedy, Sleep, Michelle Obama, Bill Maher, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

Sex is also a good, inexpensive form of exercise that doesn't require getting out of bed (although it may compel you to leave the fetal position). This will require a partner since batteries are costly.

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Public Option A Must! Sez Who? Sez Obama!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Competition, Insurance Companies, Department of Health and Human Services, President Obama, Sen. Kent Conrad, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Nancy Pelosi, Matthew Yglesias, Public Option, Health Insurance, Timothy Noah, Private Co-Op, Politics News
Sandy Goodman

Just one month ago, President Obama, that left-of-the-left leftie, assured us that a public option was an absolute necessity for any health care bill he would sign into law

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It's Not Sarah's Fault...Just Ask Her

Shannyn Moore | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Levi, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Tim Griffin, Troopergate, Blame, Todd Palin, Talis Colberg, Shannyn Moore, Obama, Ethics Complaints, Walt Monegan, Department of Health and Human Services, Rahm Emanuel, Branchflower Report, Bristol, Sarah Palin, Pebble Mine, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Fault, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

When it comes to taking responsibility for her failures, Sarah Palin is completely unaccountable. Her finger is always pointed at the most convenient scapegoat.

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Federal Contractors Got Billions In Bonuses, Despite Performance: Report

washingtonpost.com | Steve Vogel | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Nasa, Department of Health and Human Services, Government Contractors, Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, Business News

Federal agencies have awarded billions in bonuses to contractors regardless of whether the work was deemed satisfactory, according to a Government Acc...

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Sebelius: Health Secretary And Class Clown

Politico | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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Who would have thought that Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had such a funny streak? But there she was Monday at the American Heal...

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A "Penultimate Step" in the Fight to End the HIV Travel Ban

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Health and Human Services, Rachel Tiven, Andrew Sullivan, John Kerry, President Obama, HIV Travel Ban, Immigration Equality, Barbara Lee, Politics News
Steve Ralls

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued regulations that would end the United States' decades-old HIV travel and immigration ban.

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Obama Picks Anti-Abortion Leader For Senior Role At Health And Human Services

The American Prospect | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Alexia Kelley, George Tiller, President Obama, Anti-Abortion, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Cacg, Politics News

President Obama has appointed Alexia Kelley, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG), to head the Center for Faith-Base...

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Health Care Reform in Critical Condition

Roy Ulrich | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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Roy Ulrich

From my point of view, and from the point of view of most liberals familiar with the subject, real health care reform must include a "public" option - that is, one that competes with private insurance.

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Religious Conservatives Turning On Senator Brownback

CBN | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Research Council, Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, Family Values, Sam Brownback, Pro-Choice, Politics News

The Brody File has learned that the Family Research Council is taking a "temporarily leave of absence" from the socially conservative "Values Action T...

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Obama Raises the Bar for Future Presidents

Linda Bergthold | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Richardson Commerce, Hillary Clinton Sec of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Gibbs Press Secretary, Senate Republicans, President Barack Obama, Obama Transition Team Application, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Obama's Vice President Joe Biden, Bill Clinton Obama, House Republicans, Economic Stimulus Package, Family Planning Stimulus Plan, Rush Limbaugh Obama, George W Bush, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Obama's success in these first two weeks has forever changed our expectations of a new President and how he or she should behave.

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Why Contraception Saves Money and Prevents Abortion

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Peter Klatsky

While I respect the opinions of those who oppose abortion, I do not understand why those same leaders would then oppose policies proven to reduce abortions.

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Put Women's Health Back in the Picture

Meghan Rhoad | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Women, Women's Rights, Abortion Global Gag Rule, Department of Health and Human Services, Gynecology, Women's Issues, Personal Health, George W. Bush, President Obama, Plan B, Department of Health, United Nations Population Fund, Obstetricians, Provider Conscience, Barack Obama, Healthcare Workers, Women's Health, Morning-After Pill, Health, Global Gag Rule, Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Health Care, Healthcare, China, Politics News
Meghan Rhoad

The Global Gag Rule withheld critical funds from organizations abroad which provided legal, voluntary abortions, counseled women about abortion, and engaged in advocacy for abortion rights.

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Video: Birth Control at Risk in Proposed HHS Regulation

Emily Douglas | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Contraception, Hhs, Department of Health and Human Services, Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Emily Douglas

A proposed new regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services... would expand protections for providers who would deny women birth control and other reproductive health services.

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