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Most States Have Yet to Claim Emergency TANF Funds

Michael Laracy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spotlight on Poverty, Poverty CLASP, Tanf, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Hhs, Arra, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Recession, Foundation, Stimulus, States, Economic, Low-Income, Non-Profit, Emergency Funds, State Government, Economic Recovery, Tef, Politics News
Michael Laracy

The TANF Emergency Fund is potentially an important resource for states, which get four federal dollars from the fund for each dollar they put up.

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The Surgeon General Is Confirmed!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General, Obama's Surgeon General, Msnbc, Mitch McConnell, The Rachel Maddow Show, Mike Enzi, Hhs, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Medicare, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Dr. Regina Benjamin has finally been confirmed for the post of Surgeon General. And the reasons for the delay have been varied, contradictory, and byzantine.

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Kathleen Sebelius: Autism Now Hits 1 In 100 Children, We Have No Idea Why

David Kirby | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Mmr, Nih, Kathleen Sebelius, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Autism, Hhs, Iacc, Cdc, Thimerosal, Vaccines, Health, Living News
David Kirby

Washington loves to dump its bad news on a Friday afternoon, and today it confirmed that one percent of American children (and by extension, perhaps 1-in-58 boys) has an autism spectrum disorder.

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Extremely Tired and Completely Worn Out? What It Could Mean Plus Questions to Ask Your Doctor

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Ficarra, Hhs, Cdc, Patient-Empowerment, Fibromyalgia, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Women's Health, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, healthin30, Cfs, Living News
Barbara Ficarra

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a serious medical condition that can easily be overlooked because it mimics so many other disorders.

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Stopping Swine Flu is Up to You

webmd.com | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Swine Flu Vaccine, Health, Swine Flu, Hhs, Illness, Living News

Aug. 26, 2009 -- Who's on the front line of this fall's flu fight? You are, say HHS and CDC officials. Until Thanksgiving, at the earliest, it's go...

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

David Kirby | Posted 07.13.2009 | 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 07.06.2009 | 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 06.12.2009 | 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 06.12.2009 | 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 05.28.2009 | 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 05.28.2009 | 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 05.23.2009 | 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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Let's Support Change We Can Believe In

Cecile Richards | Posted 05.09.2009 | 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 05.01.2009 | 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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Is Health Reform a Job Killer?

Jim Jaffe | Posted 04.05.2009 | 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 04.02.2009 | 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 04.02.2009 | 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 03.30.2009 | 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 03.28.2009 | 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 03.13.2009 | 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 03.12.2009 | 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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Daschle's Premature Dash

Dylan Loewe | Posted 03.07.2009 | 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 03.06.2009 | 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 02.23.2009 | 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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Bush, Our Ex-Boyfriend

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Family Planning, Midnight Regulations, Conscience Objector, Leavitt, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Religious Objection, Hhs, Nfprha, Planned Parenthood, Aclu, Pro-Choice, Bush, George Bush, Politics News
Cristina Page

Bush is the ex-boyfriend we've finally gotten out of our life only to discover he left an unpleasant souvenir, like an STD. A particularly nasty strain too, in the form of new HHS regulations.

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