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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

Page 1 of 1 (19 Total Results)

Title: New committee to advise HHS on needs of children in disasters

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/22/new-committee-to-advise-hhs-on-needs-of-children-in-disasters.html

Description: The needs of children in disasters will be the focus of an advisory committee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Title: HHS funds drug for bioterrorism, antimicrobial-resistant infections

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/02/05/hhs-funds-drug-for-bioterrorism-antimicrobial-resistant-infections.html

Description: A new drug to help protect the public against two bioterrorism threats and provide a new option to treat antibiotic-resistant infections will advance in development under a public-private partnership, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today.

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Title: HHS selects winners in idea challenge for emergency response

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/02/20/hhs-selects-winners-in-idea-challenge-for-emergency-response.html

Description: Three innovative solutions are winners of an idea challenge to help communities support patients who depend on durable medical equipment (DME), such as oxygen concentrators and portable ventilators, during emergencies.

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Title: HHS establishes new network to perform clinical studies

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/03/11/hhs-establishes-new-network-to-perform-clinical-studies.html

Description: HHS today established a network of five clinical research organizations that will design and conduct clinical studies needed to develop medical countermeasures – drugs, vaccines, and diagnostic tests that help protect health against bioterrorism, pandemic influenza, and other public health emergencies.

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Title: Updated Action Plan to Combat Viral Hepatitis Released

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/04/03/updated-action-plan-to-combat-viral-hepatitis-released.html

Description: Today, federal partners launched an updated Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (2014-2016), building upon the nation's first comprehensive cross-agency action plan to combat viral hepatitis.

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Title: Take action to be ready and resilient

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/04/11/take-action-to-be-ready-and-resilient.html

Description: Take action to be ready and resilient, A statement by Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, M.D..

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Title: New National Biodefense Science Board members to advise HHS

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/04/16/new-national-biodefense-science-board-members-to-advise-hhs.html

Description: Six experts from outside the federal government will join the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) to provide advice and guidance to HHS' assistant secretary for preparedness and response, and to the HHS Secretary, on preventing, preparing for, and responding to adverse health effects of public health emergencies.

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Title: Honoring Emergency Medical Services during EMS Week

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/05/19/honoring-emergency-medical-services-during-ems-week.html

Description: This week, our nation honors emergency medical service (EMS) professionals for their dedication to public service.

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Title: United States, Canada and Mexico strengthen information sharing in health emergencies

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/05/20/united-states-canada-and-mexico-strengthen-information-sharing-in-health-emergencies.html

Description: United States, Canada and Mexico strengthen information sharing in health emergencies.

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Title: Get ready during National Hurricane Preparedness Week

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/05/28/get-ready-during-national-hurricane-preparedness-week.html

Description: History has taught us time and again just how dangerous and destructive hurricanes and other forces of nature can be.

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Title: HHS grants bolster health care and public health disaster preparedness

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/07/01/hhs-grants-bolster-health-care-and-public-health-disaster-preparedness.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $840 million to continue improving emergency preparedness of state and local public health and health care systems.Â

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Title: New committee will advise HHS on children's health in disasters

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/08/01/new-committee-will-advise-hhs-on-childrens-health-in-disasters.html

Description: Fifteen experts will serve on a new federal advisory committee focusing on health needs of children in disasters, from natural disasters to bioterrorism incidents, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today.

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Title: HHS contracts with Mapp Biopharmaceutical to develop Ebola drug

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/09/02/hhs-contracts-with-mapp-biopharmaceutical-to-develop-ebola-drug.html

Description: The development of a medication to treat illness from Ebola will be accelerated under a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps to help treat Ebola patients in Liberia

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/09/16/us-public-health-service-commissioned-corps-help-treat-ebola-patients-in-liberia.html

Description: A team of specialized officers from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is being prepared to deploy to manage and staff a previously announced U.S. Department of Defense hospital in Liberia to care for health care workers who become ill from Ebola.

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Title: HHS spurs innovation to develop next-generation portable ventilator

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/09/17/hhs-spurs-innovation-develop-next-generation-portable-ventilator.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will sponsor the advanced development of a next-generation portable ventilator to help fill the need for portable, low-cost, user-friendly and flexible ventilators in a pandemic or other public health emergency.

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Title: HHS advances development of Ebola vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/10/16/hhs-advances-development-of-ebola-vaccine.html

Description: The development of a vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease will be accelerated with support 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: 35 U.S. hospitals designated as Ebola treatment centers

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/12/02/35-us-hospitals-designated-as-ebola-treatment-centers.html

Description: An increasing number of U.S. hospitals are now equipped to treat patients with Ebola, giving nationwide health system Ebola readiness efforts a boost.

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Title: Secretary Burwell issues declaration under PREP Act to support development of Ebola vaccines

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/12/09/secretary-burwell-issues-declaration-under-prep-act-to-support-development-of-ebola-vaccines.html

Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act to facilitate the development and availability of experimental Ebola vaccines.

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Title: HHS supports efforts to speed Ebola vaccine delivery

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/12/23/hhs-supports-efforts-speed-ebola-vaccine-delivery.html

Description: Contracts to speed further development of two promising Ebola vaccines, known as rVSV-ZEBOV-GP and ChAd3 EBO-Z, could pave the way for commercial scale production of millions of vaccine doses if clinical trials prove safety and efficacy, officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today.

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