Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

Puerto Rico has been hit hard by the Zika virus, which spreads primarily via mosquito bites and can cause the birth defect microcephaly. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Zika prompts public emergency in Puerto Rico

Robert King · August 12, 2016 9:30 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell wrote in a letter Wednesday that the National Institutes of Health will exhaust its money for Zika vaccine development and that a second phase of clinical trials will be delayed. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Administration: Money for Zika vaccine testing runs out by end of month

Robert King · August 3, 2016 6:46 pm

Federal health officials are giving a Seattle company $5.1 million to develop a test that could speed up detection of the rapidly spreading Zika virus. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

Feds award $5.1 million to speed up Zika detection

Maria Biery · August 1, 2016 7:34 pm

Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., describes how Obamacare is stealing $3.5 billion from citizens and giving it to insurance companies. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

This Obamacare program is stealing $3.5 billion from you and giving it to insurance companies

Rep. Mark Walker · July 14, 2016 7:34 pm

Abortion opponents and the Obama administration are often at sharp odds over how much distance to put between federal dollars and the controversial procedure of abortion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House to vote on abortion-related conscience protection bill

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 13, 2016 4:20 am

Grassley demanded the FBI release the "actual evidence" gathered in its year-long probe of Clinton's email. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Grassley: Why is Zika money left?

Robert King · July 8, 2016 9:32 pm

Last year, payments into the reinsurance program slightly exceeded its $7.9 billion in payouts (AP Photo/David Goldman)

HHS to pay $7.8 billion to Obamacare insurers

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 30, 2016 10:05 pm

In addition to accelerating the development of a vaccine, HHS was involved in a "tabletop" preparedness exercise last Friday held at the FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., according to another HHS report. (AP Photo)

HHS to accelerate development of Zika vaccine

Maria Biery · June 27, 2016 5:56 pm

The administration is particularly targeting young, healthy adults, who haven't signed up en masse as advocates for the Affordable Care Act had hoped. (AP Photo)

Administration ramps up young adult outreach for O’care

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 21, 2016 3:30 pm

The HHS regulation and its "accommodation" for religious non-profit groups would require some faith-based employers to include in their employee health insurance plans coverage for abortion-causing drugs and other morally objectionable items. (AP Photo/Matt York)

An unconscionable mandate

Frank Pavone · June 21, 2016 4:02 am

The Obama administration started a training program as part of its focus on quality of patient care. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

HHS to help small practices

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · June 20, 2016 9:41 pm

A California company, Cerus Corp., will conduct clinical trials of its Intercept system under a three-year, $30.8 million agreement with HHS. (AP Photo)

HHS reaches deals to target spread of Zika

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · June 20, 2016 5:16 pm