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HHS releases FOIA report in less-than-ideal format
Bob Garfield of WNYC’s “On the Media” talked to John Wonderlich, policy director at the Sunlight Foundation, about last week’s…
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HHS blog intended as forum about health IT
The first post on the new Health IT Buzz blog has generated more than 50 comments since it was posted…
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Benjamin: Leaving patients ‘bittersweet’
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., to be surgeon general, the Department of Health and Human…
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Media guide focuses on drug abuse, addiction
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released a 27-page media guide condensing up-to-date facts, figures and research on drug…
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Autism news raises question: When is an embargo not an embargo?
Are embargoes yet another quaint tradition that, like so many before it, has been pushed into obsolescence by the weight…
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OIG: Are we ready for a flu pandemic?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has released two reports assessing just how prepared Americans…
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Access to list of disciplined health workers in limbo
NPR’s Joseph Shapiro looked into the status of the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, a database of nurses, nurse…
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Key CMS database unresponsive, inadequate
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General released a memo (27-page PDF) detailing an investigation that…
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Collins unanimously confirmed as head of NIH
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has been unanimously confirmed as director of the National Institutes of Health, HHS Secretary Kathleen…
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Food safety initiatives will be subject of online chat
The Obama administration has created a deputy food commissioner position to coordinate safety in the case of an outbreak of…