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Feb 10 2017
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Price confirmed as head of HHS; to be point person in dismantling of Obamacare
The Senate early Friday morning confirmed President Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, placing him in position to lead the way in dismantling Obamacare.
Fox News (Online News)
Jan 27 2023
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Watchdog knocks NIH oversight of alliance that oversaw funds to Wuhan lab
A federal watchdog agency for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says in a report released this week that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) failed to carry out sufficient oversight into research conducted using millions in federal funds, including research carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been aggressively scrutinized amid the coronavirus pandemic
The Hill
Sep 02 2021
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COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Fall for 1st Time in Weeks Across US: HHS
Hospital admissions for COVID-19 patients in the United States are declining for the first time since late June, suggesting the latest surge has peaked.
The seven-day average of new daily hospitalizations with confirmed COVID-19 dropped by 2.4 percent from a week earlier to about 12,280—the first such drop since around June 27, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human
The Epoch Times
Jun 10 2015
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HHS to Congress on ObamaCare court ruling: It’s your problem
President Obama's top health official testified Wednesday that if the Supreme Court issues a ruling that upends the Affordable Care Act, it's up to Congress and the states to figure out a solution.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, addressed questions over what will happen if the court rules against the
Fox News (Online News)
Jul 15 2020
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New Policy: Hospitals to Send COVID-19 Data to HHS Database, Not CDC
Hospitals are now to send all COVID-19 patient information to a Department of Health and Human Services database in Washington, D.C., through a new policy that is alarming health experts who say they are concerned that the information will be withheld from the public or politicized.
"Historically, CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] has been the place where public health
Newsmax (News)
Nov 20 2013
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Obamacare May Need a Taxpayer Bailout: Ex-HHS Head
The rollout of Obamacare has been absolutely chaotic, said Tommy Thompson, who served as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary under George W. Bush.
The Blaze
Jul 13 2012
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HHS to GOP Governors: We’re Ready to Help on Medicaid
The Obama administration told Republican governors in a letter Friday that federal officials “stand ready to help them decide whether to take federal funds to expand their Medicaid programs.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 29 2020
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Top HHS official: "Absolutely no way" U.S. will run 5 million tests a day
Assistant Secretary of Health Adm. Brett Giroir, the official leading the federal government's coronavirus testing response, told Time Tuesday “there is absolutely no way" the U.S. will be able to conduct 5 million coronavirus tests per day, contradicting comments President Trump made at a press briefing later in the day.
Why it matters: A Harvard University paper assessed that the U.S
Axios
Jul 08 2021
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HHS Secretary Becerra: 'Absolutely the government's business' to know which Americans haven't been vaccinated
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday it was "absolutely the government's business" to know which Americans haven't been vaccinated yet against the coronavirus.
Responding to GOP criticisms of the Biden administration's planned "door-to-door" campaign to encourage unvaccinated Americans to inoculate themselves, Becerra told CNN the government has had to "spend
Fox News (Online News)
