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A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."
The office of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) says she had a slow-growing form of skin cancer removed from her forehead Tuesday.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew Wednesday for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine "safe and secure."
Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection — but younger kids almost certainly will need two.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the president supports language in health overhaul legislation that explicitly prohibits money for abortions.
The nation's first round of swine flu shots could begin sooner than expected, with some vaccine available as early as the first week of October, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday.
Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90,000 people dying from swine flu this fall. "Everything we've seen in the U.S. and everything we've seen around the world suggests we won't see that kind of number if the virus doesn't change," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the administration wants a health care overhaul this year but is still leaving the details to Congress.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the country has no choice but to revamp its health care program because current costs are "crushing families and businesses."
Senators working to give President Barack Obama a comprehensive health care overhaul said Thursday they had figured out how to pare back the complex legislation to keep costs from crashing through a $1 trillion, 10-year ceiling.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledged on Tuesday that government health care for American Indians has been a "historic failure" for more than a century and pledged to launch an extended effort to improve it.
The insurance lobby won't be able to block a public health plan because most Americans realize they would be better off if the industry had competition, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday as congressional committees worked to shape legislation.
Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and schools are being put on notice that they might even be turned into shot clinics. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she is urging school superintendents around the country to spend the summer preparing for that possibility, if the government goes ahead with mass vaccinations.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the government health insurance plan proposed by the Obama administration would increase competition and drive down costs.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday that Americans need a new government-sponsored insurance plan to guarantee choice and competition — especially in rural America.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she's confident health industry leaders will make good on their promise to slow the growth of medical care costs.
The 65-31 roll call by which the Senate voted to confirm Kathleen Sebelius as the nation's health and human services secretary.
Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, wooed from the Republican Party three years ago by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to become her running mate, became governor Tuesday when Sebelius resigned upon her confirmation as U.S. health and human services secretary.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a bill Thursday that would have rewritten Kansas' restrictions on late-term abortions, questioning whether it was constitutional and suggesting it would cause "intimidation" of doctors.
The head of the Republican Party called on President Barack Obama to withdraw Kathleen Sebelius' nomination as health secretary unless she answers more questions on abortion.
A Senate committee has scheduled a vote for Tuesday on President Barack Obama's nominee for health and human services secretary, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
A $7,000 tax mistake shouldn't disqualify Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius from serving as the nation's top health official, a key Republican senator said Wednesday. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa told home state reporters in a conference call that he felt Sebelius made "a good-faith effort" to pay her taxes correctly in the first place, and errors discovered in a recent review should not count against her.
Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius recently corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding "unintentional errors" — the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee.
Christian Pro-Embryo Group Sues Obama Administration Over Stem Cell PolicyA Christian group has filed a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health alleging that the Obama Administration's stem cell policy violates federal law, reports the online newspaper Kansas Liberty.com.
Administration Official: "Sebelius Misspoke." The Public Option Is Still On The TableAn administration official said tonight that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "misspoke" when she told CNN this morning that a government run health insurance option "is not an essential part" of reform.
White House Appears Open to Insurance Co-opsKathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, said on Sunday morning that an additional government insurer is "not the essential element" of the administration's plan to overhaul the country's health care system.
VIDEO: Specter and Sebelius booed lustily at townhall meeting on healthcare in PhillyIn Philly over the weekend, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pennsylvania and Kathleen Sebelius (HHS) held a town hall meeting at National Constitution Center. Apparently it wasn't pretty.
Audience Shouts Down Sebelius, Specter at Health Care Town Hall in Philadelphia - Political News - FOXNews.comHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter were audience members booed and jeered them during a town hall meeting in Philadelphia. Spector admitted he assigned staff members to read the 1000 pages of H.R. 3200 and had not read the bill himself.
Infectious diseases study site challengedAnd these are the folks that want to run our health care and make those decisions for us....
TRYING TO TALK AROUND THE FACTS. By Grace-Marie Turner, Last updated: 4:22 am July 23, 2009 Rhetoric: President Obama has traveled the country extolling the virtues of the Mayo Clinic and other integrated health systems, saying they offer "the highest quality care at costs well below the national norm" and should be a model for the nation.
No Guts, No Glory! The Best Way To Enjoy The 4th of July!In the Home of the Brave when will America recognize President George W. Bush for his courage? It was only a few years ago that most pundits and even the "Iraq Study Group" suggested a different course in Iraq when our country was the most vulnerable in the Middle East?
Senate health overhaul cost put at $1.6 trillionThe latest cost estimates for health care legislation in Congress are around $1.6 trillion over 10 years, two Senate sources say as concerns mounted over the price tag for the sweeping overhaul.
O'Reilly falsely claimed he only "reported what groups" were calling TillerSUMMARY: Bill O'Reilly claimed of his previous references to George Tiller as "the baby killer": "I reported what groups were calling him. I reported accurately." In fact, O'Reilly himself has repeatedly referred to Tiller as "the baby killer."
Concerned Women Asking About Swine Flu PanicI was just talking to Wendy Wright, the president of the conservative group Concerned Women for America, about the nomination of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kans.) to run the Department of Health and Human Services.
Count me among the infirmed in this country. I just spent the last two days completely down for the count and banished from the bedroom for fear of infecting my dear husband. I haven't had any type of flu in a very long time and now I remember why.
Health secretary set to be confirmed amid crisisThe Senate was set to approve President Barack Obama's nominee for health and human services secretary Tuesday, giving the agency a leader in the midst of the swine flu outbreak.
White House: No HHS secretary not problemThe White House on Sunday brushed off questions about whether a lack of top health officials was making more difficult President Barack Obama's response to a swine flu outbreak.
Democrat Sebelius lowballed donations from abortion doctorPresident Barack Obama's health secretary nominee got nearly three times as much political money from a controversial abortion doctor as she told senators.
Another Obama Nominee With Tax ProblemsUS President Barack Obama's second choice for health secretary has become the latest of his nominees to reveal tax payment problems.
Sebelius pays $7,000 in back taxes after errorsHealth and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding "unintentional errors."
Catholic anti-abortion crowd putting on the full court press, and using every tool in their box because Kathleen Sebelius is having her confirmation hearing to head HHS next weekArchbishop Raymond Burke, the former St. Louis prelate who now leads the Vatican supreme court, has called on parishioners to pressure reluctant bishops to withhold Communion from Catholic politicians who back legalized abortion.
Gupta Out for Surgeon General? Give this job to Howard Dean, please!What could be more obvious?
Abortion issue eclipses experience in Sebelius confirmation fightAnalysts say that Congress may zero in on Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius's policies and opinions on abortion, rather than her other qualifications, in her confirmation hearings as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Obama to tap Kathleen Sebelius as health chiefThe president's choice of the Kansas governor for health and human services secretary, will face a host of challenges, including a health system in disarray and a nation's food supply at risk.
Sebelius to fill HHS - POLITICO.comPresident Barack Obama asked Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Saturday to serve as his secretary of Health and Human Services and she accepted, a senior administration official said.
President Barack Obama Names Pro-Abortion Kathleen Sebelius Health Secretary. by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor. February 28, 2009Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Strongly pro-abortion Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has accepted President Barack Obama's request to serve as the Health Secretary.
Software Executive Re-Emerges as Possible Commerce ContenderWith the search back on for a Commerce secretary, software industry executive John W. Thompson has again emerged as a leading contender.
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