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Collected by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Description: This collection includes HHS news and announcements from 1991+.
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2014 HHS News Releases
Description: 2014 news releases of the US Department of Health and Human Services
Group: HHS News Releases
Creator:
HHS/ASPA
Date:
2014
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/03/obama-administration-takes-additional-steps-to-strengthen-the-federal-background-check-system.html
Date:
2014
Obama administration takes additional steps to strengthen the federal background check system
Description: Today, as part of President Obama's continuing efforts to reduce gun violence, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to remove unnecessary legal barriers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule that may prevent states from reporting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Categories:
HIPAA
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/10/hhs-strengthens-community-living-options-for-older-americans-and-people-with-disabilities.html
Group: HHS News Releases
Date:
2014
HHS strengthens community living options for older Americans and people with disabilities
Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule today to ensure that Medicaid's home and community-based services programs provide full access to the benefits of community living and offer services in the most integrated settings.
Categories:
Medicare and Medicaid
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/11/50th-anniversary-of-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-smoking-and-health-c.html
Date:
2014
50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health
Description: Today we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health.
Categories:
Holidays and Observances
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/11/50th-anniversary-of-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-smoking-and-health-d.html
Date:
2014
50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health
Description: Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking.
Categories:
Holidays and Observances
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/11/hhs-50th-anniversary-of-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-smoking-and-health-b.html
Date:
2014
50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health
Description: Fifty years ago today, Dr. Luther Terry released the landmark Surgeon General's Report – the first of its kind on smoking and health – concluding that smoking causes lung cancer.
Categories:
Holidays and Observances
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/13/nearly-2.2-million-americans-selected-plans-in-the-health-insurance-marketplace-from-october-through-december.html
Date:
2014
Nearly 2.2 million Americans selected plans in the Health Insurance Marketplace from October through December
Description: Nearly 2.2 million people have selected plans from the state and federal marketplaces by Dec. 28, 2013 (the end of third reporting period for open enrollment), Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
Categories:
Affordable Care Act
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
HHS Official:
Marilyn B. Tavenner
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/15/hhs-makes-progress-on-health-it-safety-plan-with-release-of-the-safer-guides.html
Date:
2014
HHS makes progress on Health IT Safety Plan with release of the SAFER Guides
Description: A new set of guides and interactive tools to help health care providers more safely use electronic health information technology products, such as electronic health records (EHRs), are now available at www.HealthIT.gov.
Categories:
Health Care
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/17/el-director-general-de-servicios-de-salud-informa-que-5-point-6-millones-de-ninos-en-los-ee-uu-moriran-en-forma-prematura-a-menos-que-las-tasas-de-tabaquismo-actuales-disminuyan.html
Date:
2014
El director general de Servicios de Salud informa que 5.6 millones de niños en los EE. UU. morirán en forma prematura a menos que las tasas de tabaquismo actuales disminuyan
Description: Aproximadamente 5.6 millones de niños vivos en la actualidad en los Estados Unidos —es decir 1 de cada 13 niños menores de 18 años— morirán en forma prematura por enfermedades relacionadas con el tabaquismo, a menos que las tasas actuales de tabaquismo disminuyan, según un nuevo informe del director general de Servicios de Salud.
Categories:
Public Health and Safety
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/17/observing-martin-luther-king-jr-day.html
Group: HHS News Releases
Date:
2014
Observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Description: Today, we honor the remarkable life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of fighting for racial equality, human rights and economic justice.
Categories:
Holidays and Observances
Date:
2014
Group:
HHS News Releases
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2014/01/17/surgeon-general-report-says-5-6-million-us-children-will-die-prematurely-unless-current-smoking-rates-drop.html
Date:
2014
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