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How to Eat with Your Butt

The Thompsons come from Wisconsin, and the name of their son, Tommy, is the same as that of former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, who had just left office to become Health and Human Services Secretary under George W. Bush.

SAFE-BioPharma Association

In essence, it allows officials in Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Defense, and other government agencies to trust the origins of electronic documents received from corporate managers, physicians, clinical researchers, etc. who are credentialed to digitally sign documents with SAFE-BioPharma digital signatures.

Snohomish County Children's Commission

Members are appointed to a four-year term and represent a diversity of backgrounds, including health and human services, law and justice, education, business and labor, children and youth, parents, minorities and concerned citizens.

The Blue Button

Several Federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs, implemented this capability for their beneficiaries.


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AIDS.gov

On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched AIDS.gov.

Child Nutrition Act

To meet its task, the IOM committee also reviewed and assessed the food and nutritional needs of school-aged children in the United States using the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans set by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and USDA, as well as the IOM’s Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI).

Head Start

Head Start Program, a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

HIV vaccine

In 1984, after the confirmation of the etiological agent of AIDS by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Pasteur Institute, the United States Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler declared that a vaccine would be available within two years.

Margaret Carter

She served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Vice Chair for Ways and Means, and as a member of both the Health and Human Services and Oregon State Hospital Patient Care committees.

National Alliance for Hispanic Health

According to PBS's "Remaking American Medicine" series, it is the oldest and largest network of Hispanic health and human services providers, delivering services to more than 14 million people each year.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Currently, Dr. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., directs the NIH; he in turn reports to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius.

Nicole Lurie

She has previously served in federal government, as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services; in state government, as Medical Advisor to the Commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Health; and in academia, as Professor in the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

OPHS

Office of Public Health and Science, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

Oscar B. Jackson Jr.

Jackson is one of three Cabinet Secretaries appointed by former Governor Frank Keating to be held over by Governor Brad Henry, the others being: Health and Human Services Secretary Howard Hendrick and Veterans Affairs Secretary Norman Lamb.

Reynolds and Reynolds

The Reynolds and Reynolds Company submitted a letter on Oct. 21, 2011 to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis along with 60 other companies advocating against provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Russell Gould

He was a member of California Governor Pete Wilson's administration, as Secretary of Health and Human Services (1991 - 1993) and as the Director of Finance (1993 to 1996).

Selkirk College

Programs are available through their Schools of Business and Aviation, Digital Media and Music, Health and Human Services, Hospitality and Tourism, Industry and Trades Training, Renewable Resources, University Arts and Sciences, Adult Basic Education and Transitional Training and Kootenay School of the Arts.

Stewart Simonson

Dr. Louis Cataldie, the Louisiana State Medical Examiner, wrote in his recently released book, Coroners Journal: "I respect Stewart Simonson, Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the Department of Health and Human Services, who met me face-to-face and stayed true to his word.

Tricia Hunter

After her second election loss, she was appointed Special Assistant to the Health and Human Services Agency and to the California Medical Assistance Commission by Governor Pete Wilson.

Troy Neel

On December 11, 2008, Neel was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport by US Health and Human Services investigators after he exited a plane from Sydney, Australia; he awaited trial in San Antonio, Texas.

United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Certain agencies within Health and Human Services are handled by separate subcommittees, such as the Indian Health Service (Interior Subcommittee) and the Food and Drug Administration (Agriculture Subcommittee).

William Steiger

William R. Steiger, political appointee in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under George W. Bush known for his role in the politicization of science