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Reps. Maloney and Smith Ask HHS to Fund Vaccinated-Unvaccinated Study with Federal Stimulus Money

David Kirby | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Rep. Chris Smith, Economic Stimulus Package, Kathleen Sebelius, Nvac, Autism, Hhs, Cdc, Vaccines, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Health, Living News
David Kirby

Will the Obama people come down in favor of federal preemption for pharmaceutical products over the legal rights of families?

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Catholics for Choice Protest Appointment of Anti-choice Advocate to Senior Position at HHS

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Tiller, Access, Catholics for Choice, Anti-Choice, Hhs, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Choice, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

The appointment yesterday of Alexia Kelley as Director of Faith-based and Community Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services marks "a defeat for reason and logic."

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Discover Magazine Ignores Much of Vaccine-Autism Story

David Kirby | Posted 05.12.2009 | Living

Read More: CDC. NVAC, Hhs, Autism Vaccines, Discover Magazine, Nvpo, Vaccines, Autism, Living News
David Kirby

The following letter was sent to the editors at Discover Magazine last week, regarding a recent article on vaccines and autism. The magazine claimed t...

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Health Noir: $10 Million Ransom Demand for Data - and Stranger Crimes Are Coming

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: X Prize, Organized Crime and Health Care, Health IT, Organized Crime, Health Data Crimes, Virginia Data Theft, Hhs, Data Crime, Philip Marlowe, Health Data Breaches, Health Reform, Health Privacy, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Organized crime -- or even disorganized crime -- has no place in the world of healthcare.

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Top 15 Health Jobs Remain Open As Untested Pandemic Response Plan Implemented

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear and Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 04.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Top 15 Health Jobs, Swine Flu Crisis, Kathleen Sebelius, Swine Flu, Health Secretary, Cdc, Hhs, Top Health Jobs, Swine-Flu-Cases, Home News

As they confront the growing swine flu crisis, President Obama's administration is attempting to implement a never-before-tested pandemic response pla...

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GOP Still Filibustering Sebelius Despite Flu Outbreak

The Plum Line | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius Abortion, Sebelius, Obama Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, Swine Flu Symptoms, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Flu, Swine Flu Mexico, Confirmation Filibuster, Health, Sebelius Confirmation, Sebelius Abortion, Sebelius Swine Flu, Flu Pandemic, Hhs, Politics News

So Kathleen Sebelius will get her confirmation vote as Health and Human Services secretary tomorrow in the Senate -- but even with the flu outbreak, h...

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Ryan Grim

Conservative Movement Throws Full Weight Against Sebelius

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kathleen Sebelius Abortion, Sebelius, Obama Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama Kathleen Sebelius, Palin, Conservative Movement, Sarah Palin, James Dobson, Palin Sebelius, Hhs, Grover Norquist, Palin Conservative Movement, Tony Perkins, Politics News

Several key conservative movement leaders, in an attempt to jack up pressure against Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday, sent a memo to the Senate urging mem...

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Religious voices weigh in on conscience

Dan Nejfelt | Posted 04.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Conscience Rule, Abortion, Hhs, Conscience Clause, Abortion Reduction, Common Ground, Home News
Dan Nejfelt

Today marks the end of the 30-day comment period on President Obama's proposal to rescind the "conscience clause" implemented in the final days of the...

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Let's Support Change We Can Believe In

Cecile Richards | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Hhs, President Obama, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Women's Health, Health, Reproductive Rights, Politics News
Cecile Richards

With a new tone in Washington, we can finally begin addressing the health care crisis in this country, and take the politics out of women's health.

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Sebelius Pledges To Fight Health Care Fraud

Washington Post | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sebelius, Obama Sebelius, Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, Kathleen Sebelius, Health, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Hhs, Health and Human Services, Healthcare Reform, Health Care Fraud, Politics News

Saying she'd be a tough enforcer, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday called for a crackdown o...

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Make your voice heard! Tell Obama to rescind the HHS conscience regulation

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hhs, Barbara Coombs Lee, Health Care, Barack Obama, Bush Midnight Regulations, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

Now is the time to raise our voices for patient choice and autonomy. From now until April 9th we must urge the Obama administration to repeal Bush's l...

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Rewriting Science Fiction: Editing Politics from Plan B

Nancy Northup | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hhs-Contraceptives, Nancy Northup, Science, Obama Administration, Center-for-Reproductive-Rights, Plan B, Fda, Emergency Contraception, Politics, Bush Administration, Hamburg, Morning After Pill, Teen Pregnancy, Science and Politics, Hhs, Climate-Scientists-Plan-B, Politics News
Nancy Northup

Science was glaringly absent the past eight years in policies created by the Bush administration's federal agencies, such as the Environmental Protec...

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Is Health Reform a Job Killer?

Jim Jaffe | Posted 03.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Efficiency, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Orszag, Obama Administration, Hhs, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicare, Sebelius, Newt Gingrich, Home News
Jim Jaffe

Reformers interested in making American medicine more efficient should never ignore the story of Philadelphia department store magnate John Wanamake...

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Catholic Extremists Swiftboat Sebelius

Cristina Page | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, Obama's Cabinet, Anti-Abortion, Obama, Hhs, Pro-Life, Sebelius, Health and Human Services, Pro-Choice, Kathleen Sebelius Abortion, Obama Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, Sebelius Pro-Choice, Catholic, Christian Right, Sebelius Health and Human Services, Tom Coburn, Sebelius Abortion, Religious Right, Anti-Choice, Anti-Choice Movement, Politics News
Cristina Page

The Catholic Church may refer to pro-choice politicians as extremists but the majority of Catholic congregants agree with pro-choice politicians like Sebelius on reproductive issues.

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US Health Officials Back Study Idea on Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Children - Will Media Take Note?

David Kirby | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Epa, Vaccine Court, Hhs, Cdc, Iacc, Autism Vaccines; Thimerosal, Nvpo, Nvac, Autism, Living News
David Kirby

It is not accurate for members of the media to report that the link between vaccines and autism has been "disproven."

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Obama Budget Would Increase Autism Research Funding

Science | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Budget Wars, Obama Budget Priorities, Hhs Funding, Obama Budget, Autism Research, Hhs, Autism, Health and Human Services, Politics News

Autism research will get a funding boost if U.S. President Barack Obama has his way. In his budget overview released yesterday, Obama requested $211 m...

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NIH Agency Head: Vaccine-Autism Research is "Legitimate"

David Kirby | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Nih, Dr. Duane Alexander, Hannah Poling, Autism, Thimerosal, Hhs, Iacc, Geraldine Dawson, Vaccines, Autism Speaks, Nichd, Living News
David Kirby

A major health official within the United States Government today endorsed more research into possible links between vaccination and autism, saying that such studies are "legitimate."

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Phil Bredesen: Health And Human Services Secretary?

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kansas Governor Sebelius, Tom Daschle Hhs, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama Appointees, Obama Administration, Phil Bredesen, Hhs, Tennessee Governor Bredeson, Barack Obama Kathleen Sebelius, Phil Bredesen Hhs, Barack Obama, Politics News

Few governors know the pitfalls of soaring health costs better than Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, which helps explain why President Barack Obama is re...

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Senator Bernie Sanders Backs Dean For HHS Post

The Hill | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sanders Dean, Tom Daschle, Bernie Sanders Howard Dean, Howard Dean, Bernie Sanders, Hhs, Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the latest lawmaker to back Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for secretary of Hea...

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Friday Talking Points [64] -- Populist Rage!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Lee, Wall Street Bonuses, CEO Pay, Autoworkers, Populism, President Obama, Mccaskill, Economy, 20000, Jobs, Daschle, Obama, Salary Cap, President, Dean, Howard Dean, Tax Deductibility, Bailout, Bonus, Populist, Midotw, Tom Daschle, Tom the Dancing Bug, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Pitchforks and Torches, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Hhs, Auto Worker, Draconian, Stimulus Package, Union, Tarp, Auto Companies, Taxes, Job Losses, Robert Reich, Populist Rage, House, Tax Dollars, Executive, Lucky Ducky, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Lee, 500000, Mddotw, Wall Street, Taxpayer Dollars, Tax, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Uaw, Democratic Senators, Claire McCaskill, Executive Compensation, Jobs Lost, Up or Down Vote, Senate, Executive Pay, Reich, Draco, Wonderland, Bastille, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Truth be told, it's actually been kind of a "talking points week" for me this week. On Monday, I wrote about how the Democrats need to frame the stim...

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d'Artoon -- Stealth & Human Services

John Krifka | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Eyeglasses, Tom Daschle, Hhs, Tom Das, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Cabinet Appointments, Tom Daschle Taxes, Cartoons, Satire, Political Satire, Humor and Satire, Political Cartoons, Politics News
John Krifka

Nothing uncertain about them ...

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Why Obama's Well-Oiled Machine Screwed Up on Daschle and Company

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Presidential Campaign. Obama Machine, Lobbyists, Economy, Treasury, Timothy Geithner, Hhs, Barack Obama. Tom Daschle, Health Care, Vetting, John McCain, Nancy Killefer, Tom Daschle Taxes, Daschle Withdraws, Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Tom Daschle Health Care, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The vetters are not supposed to rely on let alone accept the word of the prospective nominee that they paid what they owed.

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Daschle's Premature Dash

Dylan Loewe | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Daschle Withdraws, Daschle Withdrawal, Hhs, Tom Daschle, Tom Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Tom Daschle Taxes, Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Leo Hindery, Tom Daschle Health Care, Tom Daschle Hhs, Health and Human Services, Daschle Tax Records, Daschle Taxes, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News
Dylan Loewe

The only thing more implausible than believing that a multi-millionaire with national ambitions would willfully try to defraud the IRS of $140,000 is believing that a man like that actually does his own taxes.

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Howard Dean for HHS or Health Czar

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health and Human Services, Howard Dean, Hhs, Obama Cabinet, Team of Rivals, Tom Daschle, Health Czar, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

There's no way that Rahm Emanuel's animosity toward Dean can be explained away if they pass over him again, especially given his tremendous success at the DNC.

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The First Step in Protecting Women's Lives

Joan Malin | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Bush Administration, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, President Obama, Hhs, Global Gag Rule, Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Politics News
Joan Malin

Thanks to President Obama, thousands of health care providers will once again be able to inform women of their full range of health care options, will be eligible for family planning funding.

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