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Feb 16 2024
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North Dakota health officials warn of possible Hepatitis A exposure in Grand Forks
(Grand Forks, ND) — North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials are warning the public of the potential for exposure to Hepatitis A in the Grand Forks area, following the confirmed case in a food worker. In a news release Friday, HHS said no additional cases have been identified, but individuals who ate at the University of North Dakota’s Memorial Union Chick-Fil-A
WZFG The FlagApr 03 2020
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After Kushner says 'it's our stockpile,' HHS website changed to echo his comments on federal crisis role
It was a telling moment in the rising tensions between the Trump White House and state governors desperate for medical equipment to deal with the exploding coronavirus crisis.
At Thursday's briefing on how the government is responding, Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner scolded states for not building up their own stockpiles, saying that the "the notion of the federal
ABC News (Online)Nov 13 2017
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Trump Selects Alex Azar as HHS Nominee
President Donald Trump named former Eli Lilly & Co. executive Alex Azar to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after the prior secretary, Tom Price, resigned amid blowback over his taxpayer-funded private jet travel.
Fox News (Online News) Bloomberg CBS News (Online)Feb 12 2024
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White House in turmoil over migrant crisis, with Biden Cabinet member mocked as ‘idiot’ and ‘b—h ass’
Then-top Biden aide Susan Rice would privately slam fellow Cabinet member Xavier Becerra as a “b—h a–’’ and “idiot’’ over the migrant crisis — yet another sign of a White House in turmoil, a report said Monday.
Rice insulted the Health and Human Services secretary and clashed with Vice President Kamala Harris, Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and other officials while
New York Post (News)Aug 29 2023
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HHS Reveals First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Setting
On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the first ten drugs that will be subject to Medicare price negotiation, as authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Key Details: The ten drugs include: Eliquis; Jardiance; Xarelto; Januvia; Farxiga; Entresto; Enbrel; Imbruvica; Stelara; and Fiasp.
Washington Times The Hill HuffPostNov 21 2023
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Oklahoma attorney general sues federal agency over suspended Title X grant
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has sued the federal Department of Health and Human Services after the agency suspended a Title X family planning grant the Oklahoma State Department of Health had received for more than 40 years. Drummond filed the lawsuit on Friday in U.S. District Court. It names HHS, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population
The OklahomanMay 10 2021
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Biden HHS Restores Trans Health Protections in Reversal of Trump Policy
The Biden administration will reverse Trump-era rules excluding transgender people from the Affordable Care Act’s anti-discrimination protections, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. Specifically, HHS will interpret Section 1557 of the ACA, which prevents healthcare discrimination on the basis of “race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability,” to include
NPR (Online News) Fox News (Online News) LGBTQ NationJul 15 2020
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Trump Administration Tells Hospitals to Send Coronavirus Data to HHS, Not CDC
The Trump Administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and send all coronavirus patient information to a central database at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington.
Health officials are raising concerns that the data will be politicized or withheld from the public, while HHS says the CDC's system of
Newsmax (News) NBC News (Online) USA TODAYFeb 28 2020
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Whisteblower Says HHS Workers Weren't Equipped to Manage Coronavirus Patients
A senior Health and Human Services official told the Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal watchdog, that HHS employees sent to help extract the first Americans from Wuhan, China — genesis of the coronavirus — were not properly equipped or trained to handle high-risk disease patients. After raising concerns, the anonymous official said HHS threatened to fire them if they did not
Washington Post Fox News (Online News) USA TODAYJan 12 2024
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Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana
Marijuana is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed from the nation’s most restrictive category of drugs, federal scientists have concluded.
The recommendations are contained in a 250-page scientific review provided to Matthew Zorn, a Texas lawyer who sued Health and Human Services
New York Times (News)