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Jul 13 2012
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Republicans accuse HHS of gutting welfare reform with quiet policy change
Republicans are accusing the Obama administration of unilaterally gutting welfare reform after the Department of Health and Human Services quietly notified states that they may seek a waiver for the program's strict work requirements.
Fox News (Online News)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)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 NewsDec 07 2020
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Biden names California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his HHS secretary nominee
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee-designate to head his Health and Human Services Department, a crucial post amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo was speculated to be on Biden's shortlist before she publicly refuted the rumors during a press conference.
“I am not going to be President-
Washington ExaminerSep 14 2020
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Trump HHS Aide Michael Caputo Launches Unhinged Attack on CDC, Warns of Insurrection
Michael Caputo, the former Trump campaign official and Roger Stone associate whom President Trump appointed to be spokesman of the Department of Health and Human Services, spent the weekend defending his efforts to alter the CDC’s weekly COVID-19 reports in order to protect the president politically — a defense that included baselessly claiming that scientists at the agency were deep-state
New York MagazineSep 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)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 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)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 TimesApr 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