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Collected by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Archived since: Sep, 2013

Description:

This collection includes HHS news and announcements from 1991+.

Subject:   Government - US Federal Science & Health

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Title: HHS replenishes nation's supply of anthrax antitoxin

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/19/hhs-replenishes-nation-s-supply-of-anthrax-antitoxin.html

Description: The nation's supply of anthrax antitoxin will be maintained until 2018 under Project BioShield contracts issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/19/more-higher-quality-options-for-seniors-in-medicare-advantage.html

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Title: HHS pursues nerve agent anti-seizure drug for children and adults

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/25/hhs-pursues-nerve-agent-anti-seizure-drug-for-children-and-adults.html

Description: An effective, faster acting and longer lasting medication to treat seizures caused by nerve agents will be studied and purchased under a Project BioShield contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS boosts stockpile of products to treat acute radiation syndrome

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/26/hhs-boosts-stockpile-of-products-to-treat-acute-radiation-syndrome.html

Description: Orders placed today under Project BioShield contracts will increase the national stockpile of leukocyte growth factors, a treatment for acute radiation syndrome.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/27/hhs-pursues-new-innovative-treatments-for-severe-burns.html

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Title: HHS pursues new innovative treatments for severe burns

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/27/hhs-pursues-new-innovative-treatments-for-severe-burns.html

Description: Five burn treatments will be developed to improve the nation's ability to respond to a chemical, radiological, or nuclear incident.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/30/breast-cancer-awareness-month.html

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Title: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/30/breast-cancer-awareness-month.html

Description: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to rededicate ourselves to lessening the impact of   the most common cancer affecting women.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/30/hhs-boosts-national-capacity-to-produce-pandemic-flu-vaccine.html

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Title: HHS boosts national capacity to produce pandemic flu vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/30/hhs-boosts-national-capacity-to-produce-pandemic-flu-vaccine.html

Description: To boost the nation's ability to manufacture influenza vaccine quickly in a pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today established a fill and finish manufacturing network, which will cover the final steps in the vaccine manufacturing process.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/10/21/bullying-prevention-awareness-month.html

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Title: Bullying Prevention Awareness Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/10/21/bullying-prevention-awareness-month.html

Description: October is Bullying Prevention Awareness Month - when individuals, families, schools, and communities across the nation help to raise awareness about bullying prevention.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/10/22/hhs-awards-grants-for-hurricane-sandy-recovery-research.html

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/10/24/world-polio-day.html

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Title: Majority of ambulatory physicians had capability to exchange prescription and laboratory data in 2011

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/10/25/majority-ambulatory-physicians-had-capability-exchange-prescription-and-laboratory-data-2011.html

Description: A new study conducted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) researchers, using data from a 2011 survey of physicians, finds that a majority of office-based physicians were able to view lab results and send medication data electronically.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/10/aspr-hurricane-sandy-recovery-grants-soundbites-and-transcripts.html

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/04/2013-national-native-american-heritage-month.html

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/05/national-epilepsy-awareness-month.html

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Title: National Epilepsy Awareness Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/05/national-epilepsy-awareness-month.html

Description: November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/07/hhs-awards-affordable-care-act-funds-to-expand-access-care.html

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Title: Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/07/statement-hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-national-alzheimers-disease-awareness-month.html

Description: Alzheimer's disease, a progressive brain disease that destroys memory and the ability to carry out the simplest tasks of daily living, can be devastating to the people who have the condition and also to their loved ones.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/08/honoring-our-veterans.html

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Title: Honoring our veterans

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/08/honoring-our-veterans.html

Description: Each year, Veterans Day provides us with the opportunity to recognize, honor, and thank the men and women who have served in our Nation's armed forces.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/14/2013-world-diabetes-day-and-national-diabetes-month.html

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Title: 2013 World Diabetes Day and National Diabetes Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/14/2013-world-diabetes-day-and-national-diabetes-month.html

Description: On November 14, World Diabetes Day—and during National Diabetes Month—we join with individuals living with diabetes, their families, advocates, and health care professionals to raise awareness of this devastating disease around the world.

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Title: Acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak Declares Thanksgiving "Family Health History Day"

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/20/acting-surgeon-general-boris-lushniak-declares-thanksgiving-family-health-history-day.html

Description: As we celebrate the Nation's 10th annual Family Health History Day this Thanksgiving, I encourage everyone to spend time talking with their family members about their health.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/21/great-american-smokeout.html

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Title: The Great American Smokeout

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/21/great-american-smokeout.html

Description: Today, as we celebrate the Great American Smokeout, I encourage all smokers to join the millions of others around the country who have committed to living a tobacco-free life.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/22/fda-approval-of-avian-flu-vaccine-moves-preparedness-forward.html

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/29/world-aids-day-2013.html

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Title: World AIDS Day 2013

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/11/29/world-aids-day-2013.html

Description: When the World Health Organization established the first World AIDS Day on December 1, 1988, treatment options for people living with HIV were practically nonexistent, and AIDS was almost invariably fatal.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/12/04/secretary-sebelius-announces-new-hhs-regional-director.html

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/12/26/dermatology-practice-settles-potential-hipaa-violations.html

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Title: Dermatology practice settles potential HIPAA violations

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/12/26/dermatology-practice-settles-potential-hipaa-violations.html

Description: Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, P.C., of Concord, Mass., (APDerm) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules with the Department of Health and Human Services, agreeing to a $150,000 payment.

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