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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 Approves Major Medicaid Expansion for Flint

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/02/hhs-approves-major-medicaid-expansion-flint.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the State of Michigan's 1115 demonstration to extend Medicaid coverage and services to Flint residents impacted by the lead exposure.

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Title: HHS awards $5 million to Puerto Rico health centers to fight the spread of Zika virus

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/26/hhs-awards-5-million-to-puerto-rico-health-centers.html

Description: Today, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $5 million in funding to 20 health centers in Puerto Rico to further combat the Zika virus disease.

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Title: HHS helping lift key hurdle in the efforts to develop better Zika diagnostics

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/27/hhs-helping-lift-key-hurdle-efforts-develop-better-zika-diagnostics.html

Description: To speed the development of diagnostic tests for Zika virus infection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will support the collection of blood samples from people in the continental United States and Puerto Rico who have been infected with Zika virus.

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Title: HHS sponsors point-of-care anthrax diagnostic test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/09/hhs-sponsors-point-care-anthrax-diagnostic-test.html

Description: The first blood test for anthrax that could show results within minutes at a doctor's office or emergency room will take the final steps in development 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: HHS-sponsored study shows disrobing is vital decontamination method

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/10/hhs-sponsored-study-shows-disrobing-vital-decontamination-method.html

Description: Ninety-nine percent of chemical contamination can be removed by carefully removing clothes and wiping skin with a paper towel or dry wipe, according to new scientific studies of decontamination methods sponsored by 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 advances pathogen reduction technologies for blood products

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/20/hhs-advances-pathogen-reduction-technologies-blood-products.html

Description: Two pathogen reduction device technologies that may help reduce the risk of transmitting disease through blood product transfusions, including those diseases related to Zika virus, will advance in development with the support of 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 moves to boost Zika vaccine capacity in Brazil

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/24/hhs-moves-boost-zika-vaccine-capacity-brazil.html

Description: To aid Brazil in developing a vaccine to protect people from Zika virus infection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will join the World Health Organization (WHO) and international public health groups in providing funding and technical assistance to Brazil's Butantan Institute, a biomedical research center and Brazilian government partner.

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Title: HHS calls on center for innovation to accelerate Zika vaccine development

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/27/hhs-calls-center-innovation-accelerate-zika-vaccine-development.html

Description: To accelerate development of a Zika vaccine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will begin developing a vaccine using its Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Title: HHS awards $5.1 million to InBios to advance Zika diagnostic

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/01/hhs-awards-5_1-million-inbios-advance-zika-diagnostic.html

Description: A blood test that may reduce from days to hours the time needed to diagnose patients with recent Zika virus infections will receive advanced development support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS awards $4.1 million to Hologic, Inc. to develop better Zika blood screening test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/09/hhs-awards-4-million-hologic-inc-develop-better-zika-blood-screening-test.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response announced a $4.1 million agreement with Hologic, Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to advance the development of a blood screening test that will help detect the presence of Zika in the blood supply.

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Title: HHS activates aid for uninsured Louisiana residents needing medicine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/20/hhs-aid-uninsured-louisiana-residents.html

Description: Providing critical access for Louisiana residents to medicines they need following the disastrous flooding, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) activated its Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) for the affected area.

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Title: HHS awards $350,000 to American Academy of Pediatrics to help children affected by the Zika Virus

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/08/hhs-awards-350000-to-american-academy-of-pediatrics.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a $350,000 supplement to a one year cooperative agreement with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to help expand capacity for caring for children who are or may be impacted by the Zika virus.

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Title: For bioterrorism preparedness, HHS sponsors inhaled chlorine antidote

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/29/bioterrorism-preparedness-hhs-sponsors-inhaled-chlorine-antidote.html

Description: The first potential antidote to treat the life-threatening effects of chlorine inhalation, a potential terrorism threat, will advance in development under a contract between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Radikal Therapeutics, Inc. of Beverly, Massachusetts.

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Title: HHS sponsors next-generation genetic sequencing platform

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/30/hhs-sponsors-next-generation-genetic-sequencing-platform.html

Description: To help curb the spread of pandemic influenza and antibiotic-resistant infections, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today it is advancing the development of a next-generation genetic sequencing platform.

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Title: HHS supports next-generation anthrax vaccine into advanced development

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/30/hhs-supports-next-generation-anthrax-vaccine-advanced-development.html

Description: An anthrax vaccine that may be effective in as few as two doses is moving forward in development with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS sponsors commercial manufacturing tests for Ebola vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/04/hhs-sponsors-commercial-manufacturing-tests-for-ebola-vaccine.html

Description: An Ebola vaccine will take the next critical steps in development under a $24.75 million contract through May 2020 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and BioProtection Systems Corp. (BPS) of Ames, Iowa.

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Title: HHS pursues tests for radiation absorbed in nuclear emergency

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/05/hhs-pursues-tests-radiation-absorbed-nuclear-emergency.html

Description: In a large-scale nuclear or radiological emergency, such as a nuclear detonation, hundreds of thousands of people may need medical care for injuries or illness caused by high doses of radiation.

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Title: HHS enhances nation's health preparedness for radiological threats

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/06/hhs-enhances-nation-s-health-preparedness-radiological-threats.html

Description: As a part of its mission to help protect Americans' health following even the most unthinkable of disasters, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is purchasing two medical products to treat injuries to bone marrow in victims of radiological or nuclear incidents. Bone marrow is essential to producing blood.

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Title: CMS approves Michigan plan to abate lead hazards from Flint and other impacted areas in the state with federal support

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/14/cms-approves-michigan-plan-to-abate-lead-hazards-from-flint-and-other-impacted-areas.html

Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Michigan State Plan Amendment (SPA) today that uses federal and state funding to expand lead abatement activities in the impacted areas of Flint and other areas in Michigan.

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