Title: HHS and USDA Release New Dietary Guidelines to Encourage Healthy Eating Patterns to Prevent Chronic Diseases

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/07/hhs-and-usda-release-new-dietary-guidelines-encourage-healthy-eating-patterns-prevent-chronic.html

Description: Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve how they eat to reduce obesity and prevent chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.

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Title: HHS awards $500,000 in funding to Flint health centers

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/18/hhs-awards-500000-funding-flint-health-centers.html

Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $500,000 in funding to help two area health centers increase and expand activities in response to the lead contamination of Flint's water.

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Title: Statement from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee on Older Americans Act Reauthorization Signed Into Law

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/19/statement-assistant-secretary-aging-kathy-greenlee-older-americans-act-reauthorization.html

Description: President Obama signed the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 into law today, reaffirming our nation's commitment to the health and well-being of older adults.

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Title: HHS awards $7 million to OraSure to speed development of Zika diagnostic test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/23/hhs-awards-7-million-orasure-speed-development-zika-diagnostic-test.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a $7 million contract with Orasure Technologies, Inc. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to further the development of a Zika virus test that potentially can provide results in about 30 minutes at a doctor's office.

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Title: Investigation: Pre-October 2015 Flint Water, Sourced from Flint River, Might Have Caused Rashes, Other Irritant Conditions

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/23/investigation-pre-october-2015-flint-water-sourced-flint-river-might-have-caused-rashes.html

Description: The federal government and the State of Michigan today released the results of a months-long investigation launched to better understand the rashes and hair loss experienced by Flint residents.

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Title: HHS awards $ 19.8 million to Japanese company to accelerate development of a Zika vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/01/hhs-awards-19-8-million-japanese-company-accelerate-development-zika-vaccine.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will provide an initial $19.8 million over the next 18 months to Takeda Vaccines, Inc. of Deerfield, Illinois, a subsidiary of the Takeda Group headquartered in Japan, to develop a Zika vaccine for use in the United States.

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Title: HHS accelerates development of mRNA-based Zika vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/07/hhs-accelerates-development-mrna-based-zika-vaccine.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced an $8.2 million contract award to Moderna Therapeutics of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to help speed the development of a novel vaccine to prevent the spread of the Zika virus.

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Title: HRSA Announces the Availability of $39 Million to Expand Fight Against Zika Virus

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/28/hrsa-announces-availability-of-39-million-to-expand-fight-against-zika-virus.html

Description: The Health Resources and Services Administration announced today the availability of $39 million for health centers in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands to expand the availability of preventive and primary health care services to meet immediate and anticipated Zika-related health care needs and enable health centers to expand services in response to other urgent and emergent primary health care needs.

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Title: Surgeon General Issues Landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/17/surgeon-general-issues-landmark-report-alcohol-drugs-and-health.html

Description: A new Surgeon General's report finds alcohol and drug misuse and severe substance use disorders, commonly called addiction, to be one of America's most pressing public health concerns.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/08/hhs-awards-40-million-in-puerto-rico-american-samoa-and-the-us-virgin-islands-to-fight-zika.html

Description: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced nearly $39 million in funding to 23 health centers in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands and $1 million to two Primary Care Associations (PCAs) to help combat the Zika virus.

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Title: Surgeon General Reports Youth and Young Adult E-Cigarette Use Poses a Public Health Threat

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/08/surgeon-general-reports-youth-and-young-adult-e-cigarette-use-poses-public-health-threat.html

Description: A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General raises public health concerns about e-cigarette use among U.S. youth and young adults.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/14/hhs-issues-final-regulation-increase-access-affordable-family-planning-and-preventive-services.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule to clarify the regulations for family planning services under Title X of the Public Health Service Act and protect access to family planning services.

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