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Dr. Louis Sullivan talked about his memoir, Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine.

Louis Sullivan talked about his memoir, Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine. His career included founding and then leading the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, and serving as secret…

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan said that the U.S. health system needed to be more efficient and less bureaucratic. He talked about the costs of U.S. health care an…

Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., led a discussion on African-American history from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. He also talked about his book, A More Perfect Union: Advancin…

Commissioners and witnesses examined persistent gaps between the health status of minorities and non-minorities in the United States, focusing on cardiovascular disease and the related condi…

The panelists, including former administration officials and members of Congress, talked about the foreign policy and domestic issues that would face the next presidential administration. To…

Members of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education talked about methods of improving education beyond high school and a draft report to the Department of Education on the quality of…

The 2005 National Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Conference was held to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the first Presidential Executive Order on HBCUs w…

Former Surgeons General took part in a panel discussion about U.S. public health policy. They spoke about changing public health priorities, the need for sweeping reforms of the health care …

Former congressional leaders and former administration officials talked about political implications of the 2000 presidential election. Speakers included former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (…

Representatives heard testimony on a proposal to move injury claims from the courts to a government agency charged with resolving them.

Elected officials, family activists and members of the media focused on the issue of absentee fathers.

Representatives of the American Medical Association and other medical organizations announced their support for the nominee for Surgeon General, David Satcher. Former Secretary of Health and…

South African Supreme Court Justice Richard Goldstone received an award from Medical Education for South African Blacks, Inc. for his work in the Goldstone Commission, which investigated the…

Commissioner Kessler, Secretary Sullivan and Deputy Commissioner Taylor spoke in a news conference to announce new regulations concerning the labeling of the nutritional value of consumer fo…

Dr. Sullivan responded to questions from reporters in the White House driveway following a meeting he attended with President Bush and Agriculture Secretary Madigan. The meeting was called t…

Dr. Sullivan spoke to the meeting of the AAMP on the effect of violent crime on minority communities, a leading cause of death among minorities in the inner cities. He discussed methods that…

Cameras recorded administration officials and campaign supporters responding to questions from media correspondents in the media filing center following the second presidential debate.

Campaign advisers, party supporters and administration officials briefly responded to questions from the media in the Media Filing Center at Georgia Tech University immediately following the…

Dr. Sullivan and Dr. Novello spoke about initiatives to improve the health of the American Hispanic population in a forum held during the Surgeon General’s National Conference on Hispanic/L…