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US May Lift Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers

CDC wants to end 'stigma,' but 22-year-old rule has some support

Jul 17, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CDC is considering ending the rule forbidding HIV-positive foreigners from entering the US, MSNBC reports. Congress voted last year to dump 1987 restrictions on entry to those with the condition, but the exclusion policy will remain in place until the department of health and human services lifts it. “... More »

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immigration • Congress • travel • Health and Human Services • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • Department of Health • HIV/AIDS

(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation today to serve as the nation's health and human services secretary. She already has a public health emergency on her hands with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans. The 65-31 vote came after Democrats urged quick action so Sebelius could get to... More »

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public health • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

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Obama Lacks Health Team
as Swine Flu Spreads

Terrorism pros handle health crisis

Apr 27, 09 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - With key health posts in the Obama administration still vacant, the swine flu outbreak is being handled by a counter-terrorism specialist and a former governor, Politico reports. The administration still lacks a surgeon general and chiefs for the Food and Drug Administraion and Centers for Disease Control, and needs to... More »

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epidemic • Department of Health • outbreak • Kathleen Sebelius • flu • US Senate • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet • political appointment • swine flu

GOP Blocks Sebelius' Confirmation

She's pressed
to answer more
questions on abortion

Apr 24, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will have to wait until at least next week to have a complete Cabinet after Senate Republicans blocked the immediate confirmation of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius yesterday, AP reports. A vote on the Health and Human Services Secretary nominee—whose appointment is fiercely opposed by anti-abortion groups—will... More »

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abortion • Senate • Senate Republicans • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Michael Steele

Senate Panel Clears Sebelius for HHS Post

Vote means Obama
is likely to have a full Cabinet soon

Apr 21, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like President Obama will finally get his full Cabinet. A Senate panel today approved his pick of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be director of Health and Human Services, the Hill reports. The vote, largely along party lines, all but assures that Sebelius will be approved by the... More »

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Senate • Department of Health • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • Max Baucus • governor • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

HHS Nominee Sebelius
Pays $7K in Back Taxes

She's latest Cabinet pick with IRS trouble

Mar 31, 09 5:54 PM CDT
(AP) - See if this sounds familiar: Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years worth of tax returns after finding "unintentional errors." In a letter to senators, Sebelius said the changes involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home, and business expenses. She and her husband... More »

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taxes • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • Obama Cabinet

Testy McCain Grills Sebelius on Health Care Tax Credit

'Reform would be my mission' says nominee

Mar 31, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kathleen Sebelius got a chilly bout of questioning from John McCain during a Senate committee hearing, Ezra Klein writes for the American Prospect. His manner tense and confrontational, the Arizona senator asked Sebelius if she supported replacing the tax incentive for employer-based care with a $5000 tax credit—an idea... More »

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health care • John McCain • Health and Human Services • Senate • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • Senate committees • President Obama

 Obama's Agenda 
 Dwarfs His Staff 

President's team stretched thin despite flurry of appointments

Mar 16, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is filling government jobs more quickly than his predecessors, but there's so much going on that his team is still stretched thin, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama is juggling the economic crisis, stimulus package, and two wars, all with just 43 confirmed aides. "No one... More »

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Department of Health • Treasury Department • Department of Commerce • federal employees • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet • political appointment

OPINION

Pro-Choice Obama Exploits Sebelius' Catholicism


Mar 11, 09 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is enacting a ghastly brace of pro-choice policies, including weakening "conscience protections" for doctors and adopting the “most radical possible option” on stem cell research, Michael Gerson writes for the Washington Post. And enlisting a Catholic—HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—to help implement his agenda... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Health and Human Services • abortion rights • Right to Life • Department of Health • pro choice • Catholic • Kathleen Sebelius • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Sebelius Made Little Progress on Health in Partisan Kan.

Kansas guv could get another shot as health secretary

Mar 2, 09 8:21 AM CST
(Newser) - As governor of Kansas, President Obama’s new pick for health secretary has plenty of experience working with Republicans—but little success pushing her health plans through the GOP-controlled legislature, the New York Times reports. If she is confirmed, she’ll have another chance to expand coverage in what could... More »

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health care • Department of Health • Kansas • health care reform • health secretary • Kathleen Sebelius • state legislature • Obama administration • President Obama • Republicans

(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source said today. Sebelius, 60, was an early Obama supporter who picked his presidential campaign over that of Hillary Rodham Clinton and worked tirelessly for Obama's bid. Obama will formally announce... More »

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Department of Health • health secretary • Kathleen Sebelius • Obama Cabinet

 Sebelius Mum on HHS Post 

Kansas gov says she's had no meetings on joining the Obama Cabinet

Feb 22, 09 2:54 PM CST
(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, mentioned as a top candidate for health secretary, said today she has not talked with President Barack Obama about joining his Cabinet. "There really isn't anything to tell. I haven't had any meetings about the position," Sebelius, 60, said in an interview with the... More »

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Health and Human Services • Cabinet • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • National Governors Association • Obama Cabinet

'Vaccine Court' Denies Families' Autism Claim

MMR vaccine and thimerosal don't combine to cause autism, panel finds

Feb 12, 09 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A special court has ruled that a common vaccine did not cause autism in three children, CNN reports. Three test-case families who claimed the vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella in combination with the preservative thimerosal caused their children’s autism were denied compensation by the panel, which ruled that... More »

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autism • vaccination • vaccine • Department of Health • court • compensation • Michelle Cedillo

OPINION

Losing Daschle Hurts, but Won't Kill Health Plans

Replacing his political clout will be the biggest challenge

Feb 3, 09 4:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The loss of Tom Daschle is a blow to President Obama’s plans for health-care reform, but the administration still has the resources to get the job done, Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic. Daschle was not only to head the Department of Health and Human Services, but also... More »

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Department of Health • Jennifer Granholm • health care reform • Kathleen Sebelius • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • President Obama • White House Office of Health Reform • Jeanne M. Lambrew • Jonathan Cohn

ANALYSIS

What's the Fallout from Daschle's Withdrawal?

Major issues in the wake of Daschle's withdrawal

Feb 3, 09 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Tom Daschle gave up his nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary, raising a host of questions, Matthew Cooper writes at Talking Points Memo. Did an issue besides tax problems arise? Was the decision really Daschle’s, or the administration’s? Some other big issues:
  1. How many Obama nominees
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Barack Obama • Health and Human Services • Cabinet • Department of Health • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Leo Hindery

Daschle to Head Health Services, New Reform Office 

Move seen to signal Obama's focus on issue

Dec 11, 08 2:46 PM CST
(Newser) - As expected, President-elect Barack Obama today nominated Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, CQ Politics reports. Daschle will also head the new White House Office of Health Reform, geared toward providing near-universal health care to Americans. Daschle “will be responsible not just for implementing our health... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of Health • health care reform • Tom Daschle • Election 2008 • President Obama • White House Office of Health Reform • Jeanne M. Lambrew

In Health Reform, Obama Returns to Grass Roots, Tech

Dem's team give Web activists chance to weigh in on efforts

Dec 4, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - In an effort to jump-start health care reform, Barack Obama is returning to the social networking tools that got him elected, the Washington Post reports. Likely Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Daschle is starring in YouTube videos and taking massive conference calls with supporters interested in the subject. “... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • YouTube • Department of Health • health care reform • Tom Daschle • Election 2008 • President Obama

 Daschle to Be Health Secretary 

Will head health transition

Nov 19, 08 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle has been offered, and intends to accept, a post as Barack Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Roll Call reports. Daschle will also head the health care policy transition group. Nearly all of Obama’s transition policy working group heads are expected... More »

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Barack Obama • Health and Human Services • Cabinet • Department of Health • Tom Daschle • President Obama

 US Blocks 
 Chinese Milk 
 Products 

FDA demands independent tests before products can enter

Nov 14, 08 1:43 AM CST
(Newser) - All Chinese products containing milk will be blocked at the US border until tests prove they're free of a widely used toxic contaminant, Bloomberg reports. The FDA is demanding independent testing to prove such products are not tainted with melamine like those which sickened 50,000 children in China. The... More »

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China • milk • melamine • Department of Health • dairy products • Food and Drug Administration • testing • milk formula

Docs Get List of Who to Let Die
in Pandemic

Don't waste resources on the elderly, handicapped: report

May 5, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the US were to suffer a devastating pandemic, and doctors didn’t have resources to save everyone, who should die? A number of universities, government agencies, and other groups mulled that grim scenario recently, sending doctors a brutally ruthless list of who to let die. The report ensures “... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Department of Health • Department of Homeland Security • medical treatment • outbreak

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