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At a dinner to raise funds for Spina Bifida, politicians roasted Dan Rather. They poked fun at various aspects of his career and presented a video tribute to Mr. Rather depicting him as a su…

Secretary Donna Shalala talked to reporters about stronger regulations for medical records privacy. The regulations provide more safeguards and limits on who has access to individual’s medic…

President Bill Clinton announced new federal regulations for protecting patients' privacy.

Administration officials and a scientist talked with reporters about the results of a recent survey on drug, tobacco and alcohol use among teenagers. They answered questions from the media.

Following the first of three presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates, campaign officials talked to the media about their impressions of the debate.

After a meeting with President Clinton, members of the President’s Cabinet met with reporters in the White House driveway. Education Secretary Richard Riley, Health and Human Services Secret…

Panelists talked about author Diane Ravitch’s new book Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reform. The author asserts that the efforts to improve America’s schools have been foiled by refo…

Administration officials announced the release of the National Household Survey on substance abuse, which includes national and state estimates of illicit drug, alcohol, and cigarette use. T…

Secretary Shalala and others celebrated the creation of the Medicare program, which was signed in to law by President Johnson.

Forum participants spoke about innovations in the area of vaccines. Mr. Blane and Ms. Bumpers received awards for their efforts at immunization. The audio for this program is occasional…

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about a proposed legislation that would assist Medicare patients with purchases of prescription drugs. They said that Republican proposals would not cov…

President Clinton and others spoke to reporters about his proposal to set aside $35 billion to assist Medicare patients with prescription drug purchases. He also said that a competing Republ…

Officials opened a national conference on nutrition and said that they hoped to develop a national action plan to combat obesity. Among the other initiatives they addressed were placing nutr…

Health & Human Services Secretary, Donna Shalala, spoke about running the Department of Health & Human Services and how to manage large agencies designed to perform public services. Among th…

Mrs. Clinton spoke to reporters about the problem of over prescribing psychotropic drugs to children under six. She said that while the medications had been a “godsend” for many families, th…

Participants spoke about a variety of topics including feminism, cultural influences on women, child care, and the role of women in the workforce.

Administration officials spoke to reporters about how the Republican budget plan would affect their departments and urged legislators to reject that plan in favor of the president’s. After t…

Witnesses testified about fiscal year 2001 appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration. Among the issues they addressed were efforts to reduce medical errors, Internet drug sales, an…

President Clinton and others unveiled a proposal to require hospitals to report serious or fatal errors to the government. The panel noted that “thousands” of lives and significant financ…

Secretary Shalala spoke to reporters about President Clinton’s proposed budget. Among the issues she addressed were increases for health care spending, plans to add prescription drug coverag…