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December

December 31, 2000
• HHS In 2000: A Year of Achievements
December 28, 2000
• Shalala Appoints Members of Advisory Committee on Minority Health
December 20, 2000
• HHS Announces Final Regulation Establisning First-Ever National Standards To Protect Patients' Personal Medical Records
• Privacy of Patients' Medical Records, Protecting the
December 16, 2000
• HHS Awards Welfare High Performance Bonuses
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton's Radio Address to the Nation: Announcing Welfare Reform Achievements and Budget Wins for America's Families
December 14, 2000
• Shalala Names Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections; Will Hold First Meeting December 20
• 2000 Monitoring the Future Survey Released
December 6, 2000
• New Statistics Show Only Small Percentage of Eligible Families Receive Child Care Help
• White House Backgrounder: Statement by the President: Too Many Working Families Still Struggle with the High Cost of Child Care
December 1, 2000
• Clinton Administration Record on HIV/AIDS

November 29, 2000
• New Report Highlights Strategies to Promote Physical Activity Among Youth (PDF Format) [302 kb]
November 20, 2000
• HHS Announces Fourth Annual Adoption 2002 Excellence Awards
November 18, 2000
• Girl Power! Celebrates 4th Anniversary
November 7, 2000
• HHS Approves Maryland Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program

October 27, 2000
• HHS Proposes Changes Allowing States to Expand Medicaid Coverage
October 25, 2000
• HHS Announces New Initiatives to Enable More Disabled Persons to Work
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Celebrates National Disability Mentoring Day Through Activities Expanding Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
October 19, 2000
• New Leadership at the Helm of HHS' Program Support Center
October 18, 2000
• HHS Announces Medicare Premium and Deductible Rates for 2001
October 17, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Signs Children's Health Act of 2000
October 13, 2000
• HHS Approves West Virginia Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
• HHS Targets Efforts on Diabet es
October 12, 2000
• Campaign's Resource Kit Seeks to Reduce Incidence of SIDS in African American Communities
• Breast Cancer Detection Rates by Race and Ethnicity Show Importance of Screening for All Age Groups
• Shaping the Future of Breast Cancer Awareness, Research, Diagnosis and Treatment
October 5, 2000
• HHS Announces New Support for Children's Teaching Hospitals to Help Ensure Quality Health Care for America's Children
• HHS Proposes Regulation to Close Medicaid Loophole

September 29, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton announces Approximately 2.5 Million Children Have enrolled in the State Children's Health Insurance Program
September 27, 2000
• HHS Announces Creation of Organ Transplantation Advisory Committee; Will Review Proposed Changes in Organ Allocation Policies
September 22, 2000
• HHS Approves Hawaii Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
• HHS Awards Grants to 11 States to Develop Plans Giving All Citizens Access to Health Insurance
September 21, 2000
• HHS to Award $10 Million for FY 2000 Child Care Research
September 20, 2000
• HHS Awards Adoption Bonuses and Grants
• White House Backgrounder: Statement by the President: Adoption Bonus Awards
September 19, 2000
• HHS Establishes Model Community Health Centers for Women
• Early Head Start Grants Awarded
September 18, 2000
• HHS Awards New Funds for Innovative Child Support Projects
• White House Backgrounder: Statement by the President: Re-Entry Initiative
September 15, 2000
• HHS Awards $100 Million Bonuses to States Achieving Largest Reductions in Out-of-Wedlock Births
September 12, 2000
• HHS Announces Increase in Organ Donations and New Tool to Support and Empower Families Making Donation Decisions
September 7, 2000
• HHS Announces $22 Million in New Grants to Improve Services to Uninsured Americans

August 31, 2000
• Annual National Household Survey Results Released -- Youth Drug Use Continues Downward Trend; First-Time State-by-State Data Available
August 30, 2000
• HHS Provides Written Guidance for Health and Human Services Providers to Ensure Language Assistance for Persons with Limited English Skills
August 28, 2000
• HHS Begins Notifying Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Recipients of Payments
August 22, 2000
• HHS Reports All States Meet Overall Welfare To Work Participation Rates
August 21, 2000
• HHS Issues New Rules Implementing Tribal Child Support Enforcement Programs
August 15, 2000
• HHS and Labor Departments Send Report on Enforcing Child Medical Support Orders to Congress
August 11, 2000
• HHS Announces Electronic Standards to Simplify Health Care Transactions
August 9, 2000
• New Surgeon General's Report Provides Strategies for Halving U.S. Smoking Rates by Year 2010
• HHS Releases First Child Welfare Outcomes Report
August 8, 2000
• New CDC Birth Report Shows Teen Birth Rates Continue to Drop
• White House Backgrounder: Statement by the President: Teen Birth Rates
August 7, 2000
• Health Status "Snapshot" of all U.S. Counties Now on Web

July 26, 2000
• Statement by HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala Regarding the 10th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
• HHS and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Accomplishments Since Enactment of ADA
• CDC Releases New Report on U.S. Health Statistics
July 25, 2000
• HHS Releases $41.75 Million in Emergency Energy Assistance
July 24, 2000
• Gun Deaths Among Children and Teens Drop Sharply
• White House Backgrounder: Statement by the President: HHS Report on Gun Deaths
July 16, 2000
• President Clinton Announces Investment of $50 Million in Research on Preventing and Treating Alzheimer's Disease
July 13, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Announces Major New Investments in Diabetes Research, Treatment, and Prevention
July 12, 2000
• Medicare Celebrates 35 Years of Keeping Americans Healthy
July 11, 2000
• HHS Awards Nearly $3 Million for HIV/AIDS Care Along U.S.-Mexico Border
July 7, 2000
• HHS Awards New Grants for Innovative Child Support Enforcement Projects
July 6, 2000
• Nation Reports New Highs in Childhood Immunization Levels

June 27, 2000
• New Public Health Service Guideline Calls on Health Professionals to Make Treating Tobacco Dependence a Top Priority
June 26, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Announces the Completion of the First Survey of the Entire Human Genome
June 24, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Unveils Improved Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
June 17, 2000
• HHS Fatherhood Initiative
June 13, 2000
• U.S. and India Pledge New Efforts to Cooperate in HIV/AIDS and Maternal and Child Health Research
June 12, 2000
• First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Joins With Law Enforcement to Call for Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
June 7, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Takes New Action to Encourage Participation in Clinical Trials
June 6, 2000
• HHS Fact Sheet--Protecting Human Research Subjects
• New Office for Human Research Protections Created, Dr. Greg Koski Named Director
June 1, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Announces Updated Guidance on how States and Communities Can Coordinate Federal Resources to Address the Transportation Challenge in Moving People From Welfare to Work.

May 30, 2000
• New CDC Growth Charts Provide Tool to Ward Off Future Weight Problems
• National Nutrition Summit 2000: Highlights of HHS Initiatives on Nutrition and Physical Activity
• HHS Provides Fatherhood Projects with Innovative Electronic Tool Kit
May 27, 2000
• USDA, HHS Release Updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans
May 26, 2000
• HHS Fact Sheet--Xenotransplantation
May 25, 2000
• Clinton Administration Provides Additional Funding to Prevent the Spread of the West Nile Virus
• First-Ever Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health Finds Profound Disparities in Nation's Population
• Kevin E. Vaughan Appointed Regional Director of HHS
May 23, 2000
• Secretary Shalala Bolsters Protections for Human Research Subjects
May 22,2000
• Rivas-Vazquez Named to Public Affairs Position
May 18, 2000
• Fact Sheet: Bio Terrorism
May 11, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Urges Lead Conferees from Both Parties to Act Now to Pass A Strong, Enforceable, Patients' Bill of Rights
May 6, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Announces Aggressive Food Safety Strategy To Combat Listeria In Hot Dogs And Other Ready-To-Eat Foods
May 3, 2000
• Statement by Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding World Asthma Day, May 3, 2000
• Aging

April 26, 2000
• Girl Power! Community Education Kit Now Available
April 20, 2000
• Statement on the Commemoration of the Tragedy at Columbine High School
April 19, 2000
• Statement by Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding R.J. Reynolds' New Product, Eclipse
April 17, 2000
• HHS Unveils New Immunization Public Service Campaign During National Infant Immunization Week, April 16 - 22, 2000
April 15, 2000
• President Clinton Announces More Than $41 Million in Community Grants to Prevent Violence Among Youth
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Announces New Initiatives to Combat and Prevent Youth Violence
April 10, 2000
• HHS Reports New Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Releases New Prescription Drug Coverage and Pricing Study
April 7, 2000
• Federal Program Puts High-Cost AIDS Medications Within Reach of Poor and Uninsured People

March 30, 2000
• Medicare Trustees Issue Annual Reports
• HHS Approves Illinois Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
March 29, 2000
• HHS Awards Child Support Waivers to Help Promote Responsible Fatherhood
• White House Backgrounder: Presidential Task Force Releases Strategy to Eliminate Childhood Lead Poisoning
March 28, 2000
• Births in the U.S. Increase for the First Time Since 1990
March 20, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Launches New Public-Private Effort to Improve the Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Emotional and Behaviorial Conditions
March 16, 2000
• Fewer Americans Suffer from Foodborne Illnesses as Food Safety Programs Take Hold
• HHS Fact Sheet: HHS Initiatives to Reduce Foodborne Illness
• Statement of the Department of Health and Human Services Regarding Implementation of Organ Transplant Final Rule
March 13, 2000
• Richard C. Kelley Appointed Regional Director of HHS
March 9, 2000
• HHS Receives "Clean" Audit Opinion
• Waste, Fraud and Abuse
March 7, 2000
• HHS Approves Pennsylvania Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
• New Initiatives to Protect Participants in Gene Therapy Trials
March 2, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: The Clinton-Gore Administration: New Partnerships to Develop and Deliver Vaccines to Developing Countries

February 29, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: Remarks By The President on Medicare Upon Departure
February 28, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: The Clinton-Gore Administration: Working to Mitigate the Effects of High Home Heating Oil Prices
February 24, 2000
• HHS Approves Maine Medicaid Plan to Provide Early Treatment for HIV
February 18, 2000
• HHS Issues New Rules Governing Tribal Welfare Programs
February 9, 2000
• Child Support to Receive Vice Presidential Award
February 7, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: The Clinton-Gore Administration FY 2001 Budget: Maintaining Fiscal Discipline While Making Key Investments - Summary
February 5, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: President Clinton Announces New Insurance Option for Women With Breast and Cervical Cancer

January 31, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: Chief of Staff John D. Podesta Remarks to American Hospital Association
January 27, 2000
• Child Support Enforcement Breaks New Records
January 26, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: The White House Unveils New Responsible Fatherhood Initiative To Promote Work and Boost Child Support Payments
January 25, 2000
• HHS Issues Final Child Welfare Regulations to Improve Services and Outcomes for Children
• Healthy People 2010 Initiative to Guide Prevention Agenda for Next Ten Years
January 21, 2000
• HHS Awards $527 Million for HIV/AIDS Care in High Incidence Areas
January 19, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: The President Triples His Long-Term Care Tax Credit and Urges Congress to Pass a Long-Term Care Initiative In 2000
• White House Backgrounder: Clinton-Gore Administration Unveils Major New Health Insurance Intitiative
January 13, 2000
• White House Backgrounder: White House Announces Major New Increase in Funding to Determine Environmental Causes of Disease
• White House Backgrounder: Vice President Al Gore Announces Administration to Seek Multi-Million Dollar Investment to Assure Quality Care in Nursing Homes
January 11, 2000
• State Children's Health Insurance Program Now Reaching Two Million
January 10, 2000
• Health Care Spending Growth Rates Stay Low in 1998 Private Spending Outpaces Public
January 3, 2000
• HHS Agencies Open for Business without Y2K Problems
January 1, 2000
• HHS Systems Roll Into Year 2000 Without New Years Night Problems

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