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Health Insurance Reform Will Benefit All Americans Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other top HHS officials held a webcast on Friday 8/7 where they discussed how health insurance reform will benefit all Americans and took on some of the myths out there. View www.HealthReform.gov News
August 7, 2009
Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Dr. Francis Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr. Francis Collins as the next Director of the National Institutes of Health. More...
August 7, 2009
New State-by-State Reports Show How Health Insurance Reform Will Benefit All Americans HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released Stable and Secure Health Care for America, a series of new state-by-state reports outlining how health insurance reform will improve health care for all Americans. More...
August 7, 2009
Updated Federal Guidelines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza in Schools Offer Many Options Updated federal guidelines offer state and local public health and school officials a range of options for responding to 2009 H1N1 influenza in schools, depending on how severe the flu may be in their communities. More... More news HHS Family of Agencies Watch, Listen, Subscribe Of Interest: Safety in the Sun As summer begins to turn up the heat, you should start taking extra care to protect yourself from the sun. UV, or ultraviolet, rays have the ability to damage your skin cells and cause a variety of problems, including skin spots and skin cancer. In order to help protect yourself against UV rays, avoid being in direct sunlight for extended periods of time, especially during peak hours of daylight (10:00am and 4:00pm). Also use sunscreen that has an SPF of at least 15; be sure to reapply after swimming, toweling off, or being in the sun for more than an hour and a half. Learn more about sun safety. |