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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: Statement from HHS Secretary Sebelius on President's Sandy Hook Response Plan

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/01/16/statement-from-hhs-secretary-sebelius-on-presidents-sandy-hook-response-plan.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services will mobilize our medical and scientific expertise in support of the agenda announced today by the President to prevent tragedies like the one that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Title: Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/01/18/statement-from-hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day.html

Description: We at HHS honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for justice, and recall how 47 years ago he framed health care as a basic human right.

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Title: At-risk Latinas targeted in heart attack awareness campaign

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/02/04/at-risk-latinas-targeted-in-heart-attack-awareness-campaign.html

Description: The Obama Administration today issued proposed rules for public comment regarding contraceptive coverage with no cost sharing under the health care law. The HHS Office on Women's Health (OWH) today launched its new heart attack awareness campaign, "Haga La Llamada, ¡No Pierda Tiempo!" targeting Spanish-speaking women age 50 and over.

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Title: HHS enforces equal access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in New York and DC

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/02/08/hhs-enforces-equal-access-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-individuals-in-new-york-and-dc.html

Description: HHS has taken two important enforcement actions to ensure deaf and hard of hearing individuals living in New York and Washington, D.C., have equal access to programs and services provided by local government agencies.

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Title: HHS reaches civil rights settlement with national senior care provider

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/03/05/hhs-reaches-civil-rights-settlement-with-national-senior-care-provider.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has entered into a settlement agreement with Genesis HealthCare (Genesis), one of the nation's largest providers of senior care.

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Title: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Foster Care Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/05/06/hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-on-national-foster-care-month.html

Description: May is National Foster Care Month, a time to recommit ourselves to ensuring a better future for the more than 400,000 children in foster care throughout our nation.

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Title: HHS announces the winners of the reducing cancer among women of color challenge

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/05/15/hhs-announces-winners-reducing-cancer-among-women-color-challenge.html

Description: HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE announced the winners of the Reducing Cancer Among Women of ColorChallenge.

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Title: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius statement on LGBT Pride Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/06/03/hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-statement-on-lgbt-pride-month.html

Description: For too long, the health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals were pushed to the side.

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Title: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on 14th Anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court Olmstead Decision

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/06/21/hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-statement-on-14th-anniversary-of-us-supreme-court-olmstead-decision.html

Description: The opportunity to live in a home of one's choosing has tremendous impact on health and quality of life.  On June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the importance of this choice for people with disabilities when it handed down the Olmstead v L.C. decision.

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Title: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on PTSD Awareness Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/06/27/hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-on-ptsd-awareness-month.html

Description: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can occur when people experience a traumatic event.

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Title: 2013 National Recovery Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2013/09/03/2013-national-recovery-month.html

Description: Now in its 24th year, National Recovery Month celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery is possible.

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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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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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