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Nov 24 2018
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Record 14,000 unaccompanied immigrant children in US custody, HHS confirms
A record number of unaccompanied immigrant children, about 14,000, are currently in US custody, a Health and Human Services spokesman said Friday.
CNN (Online News)
Aug 21 2020
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Former HHS Secretary says national coronavirus testing strategy needed to reopen schools
As the fall semester approaches, the decision of whether to bring millions of students and staff back to school has fallen largely on local school districts and university administrators.
But in order to prepare for the eventuality of coronavirus surges on campus, and avoid shuttering campus gates once more, a former administration official says that the Trump White House needs to
CBS News (Online)
Jun 12 2018
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First Lady Points to New HHS Opioid Resources in ‘Be Best’ Spirit
First lady Melania Trump emphasized protecting the “most vulnerable” on Monday, issuing a statement in support of new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) information on accessing state help for treating babies born to opioid-addicted mothers.
Breitbart News
Jun 28 2020
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'Window is closing' for US to get coronavirus under control, Trump's HHS secretary warns
(CNN)--Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned Sunday that the "window is closing" for the United States to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, as confirmed cases are surging in a majority of the country and some states are dealing with record numbers of hospitalizations.
"Things are very different from two months ago... So it is a very different situation, but this
CNN (Online News)
Apr 10 2020
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Public Holds Broadly Favorable Views of Many Federal Agencies, Including CDC and HHS
As the United States confronts the coronavirus outbreak, Americans continue to rate a wide range of federal agencies favorably, including two at the forefront of dealing with COVID-19: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services. Other federal agencies, including the Postal Service, the Census Bureau and the Department of Homeland Security,
Pew Research Center
Feb 28 2020
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U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower says
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.
The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus
Washington Post
Sep 24 2017
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Inspector general investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price's private jet travel
The inspector general's office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Friday it is investigating the private jet travel of the agency's chief, Tom Price, who reportedly chartered five flights last week, drawing widespread criticism from congressional Democrats.
ABC News (Online)
May 10 2019
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Dem lawmakers accuse DHS, HHS of giving them misleading information on family separations
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) sent a letter Thursday to leaders of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accusing the agencies of giving them "misleading information" on family separations in 2018.
The two wrote in their letter that agency officials told them that they had the necessary information
The Hill
May 11 2015
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HHS re-writes Obamacare rules: Orders free birth control for all
The Obama administration on Monday ordered all insurers to provide IUDs, the contraceptive patch and other birth control free of out-of-pocket charge to all women, rewriting the rules after reports that some insurance carriers were refusing to cover all types of contraceptives.
Insurers must cover at least one brand of contraception in each of 18 different methods outlined by the Food
Washington Times
Mar 09 2015
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HHS secretary: Supreme Court ruling against Obamacare would harm millions
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell on Monday rebuked critics who want the Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare’s subsidies in much of the country, saying such a ruling would harm millions of Americans who “need, want and like” their health coverage.
Appearing at the White House, she said nearly 11.7 million new and returning customers selected a health plan on
Washington Times