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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: 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/11/50th-anniversary-of-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-smoking-and-health-c.html

Description: Today we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health.

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Title: 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/11/50th-anniversary-of-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-smoking-and-health-d.html

Description: Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking.

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Title: 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/11/hhs-50th-anniversary-of-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-smoking-and-health-b.html

Description: Fifty years ago today, Dr. Luther Terry released the landmark Surgeon General's Report – the first of its kind on smoking and health – concluding that smoking causes lung cancer.

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Title: Observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/17/observing-martin-luther-king-jr-day.html

Description: Today, we honor the remarkable life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of fighting for racial equality, human rights and economic justice.

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Title: National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/03/05/national-colorectal-cancer-awareness-month.html

Description: March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

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Title: Observing LGBT Health Awareness Week

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/03/26/observing-lgbt-health-awareness-week.html

Description: LGBT Health Awareness Week is an important time to bring attention to the unique health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans and to highlight the progress we've made in our work to ensure LGBT Americans have the same rights and protections as other Americans, especially through implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

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Title: Statement from Acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak about National Asbestos Week, April 1-7, 2014

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/04/02/statement-from-acting-surgeon-general-boris-lushniak-about-national-asbestos-week-april-1-7-2014.html

Description: National Asbestos Awareness Week, April 1 – 7, is an important opportunity to focus on the public health issues associated with asbestos exposure and related illnesses.

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Title: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Minority Health Month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/04/04/hhs-secretary-kathleen-sebelius-statement-national-minority-health-month.html

Description: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Minority Health Month.

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Title: Celebrating National Women's Health Week

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/05/09/celebrating-national-women-s-health-week.html

Description: Beginning with Mother's Day on Sunday, we celebrate National Women's Health Week by encouraging the women in our lives – our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, friends, and colleagues – to take steps to live healthier, happier lives.

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Title: Observing National Hepatitis Testing Day

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/05/19/observing-national-hepatitis-testing-day.html

Description: May 19 is the third national Hepatitis Testing Day. The observance was established in the Action Plan for the Prevention Care & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis to raise greater awareness of an often silent epidemic.

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Title: Observing National HIV Testing Day

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/06/27/observing-national-hiv-testing-day.html

Description: Today, as we recognize National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), it is important to note that nearly 1 in 6 Americans who have HIV do not know they are infected.

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