Read more Department of Health stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4026/department-of-health.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:27:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64647/us-may-lift-ban-on-hiv-positive-travelers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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. “We’re...http://www.newser.com/story/64647/us-may-lift-ban-on-hiv-positive-travelers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 12:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57472/senate-confirms-sebelius-as-health-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKansas 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...http://www.newser.com/story/57472/senate-confirms-sebelius-as-health-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 18:00:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57270/obama-lacks-health-team-as-swine-flu-spreads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith 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...http://www.newser.com/story/57270/obama-lacks-health-team-as-swine-flu-spreads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 1:53:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57072/gop-blocks-sebelius-confirmation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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...http://www.newser.com/story/57072/gop-blocks-sebelius-confirmation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 3:47:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56799/senate-panel-clears-sebelius-for-hhs-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt 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...http://www.newser.com/story/56799/senate-panel-clears-sebelius-for-hhs-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:56:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54909/hhs-nominee-sebelius-pays-7k-in-back-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSee 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 paid a...http://www.newser.com/story/54909/hhs-nominee-sebelius-pays-7k-in-back-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 17:54:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54886/testy-mccain-grills-sebelius-on-health-care-tax-credit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKathleen 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...http://www.newser.com/story/54886/testy-mccain-grills-sebelius-on-health-care-tax-credit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 13:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53458/obamas-agenda-dwarfs-his-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 since Roosevelt...http://www.newser.com/story/53458/obamas-agenda-dwarfs-his-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 11:08:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52971/pro-choice-obama-exploits-sebelius-catholicism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident 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 “smacks of religious...http://www.newser.com/story/52971/pro-choice-obama-exploits-sebelius-catholicism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 7:52:00 CDT