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Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan and Head of the Office of Drug Control Policy Robert Martinez presented the results of the 1991 national household survey on drug abuse,…

Secretary Sullivan addressed a session of the forum titled, “Child Health in the City: Issues for the 90's.” The three-day forum addressed such current problems as substance abuse, teen pre…

About 3,500 medical school deans, faculty, hospital executives, and medical center administrators and students are in Washington attending the 102nd annual meeting of the Association of Amer…

In a joint news conference, representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services announced new changes in food labeling rules and answered re…

The House Ways and Means committee heard testimony on the high costs of health care and health insurance on Americans and American businesses.

Dr. Sullivan talked about the need for health care reform. He argued against national health insurance. He stressed the importance of free market incentives to maintain the high quality of c…

Speakers discussed health care issues of importance to the association. Of most importance to the conference was the issue of funding reforms for long-term health care. Other issues discusse…

HHS Secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan delivered an address entitled, “The Importance of Strong Family Structure and the Role of Personal Responsibility,” before the conference sponsored by the 21…

The FDA Advisory Committee testified before the Senate Labor Committee on the current status of the Food and Drug Administration. Members and witnesses talked about limited staff and resour…

The committee heard testimony on the crisis in health care facing the United States. Dr. Sullivan said true health care reform must involve drastic efforts, but current radical proposals of …

The speakers laid out the top priority problems for counties throughout the United States. Counties are often the front line service providers for citizens, as they have to implement the pol…

Sen. Sasser is the chair of the Senate budget committee. His comments focused on the spiraling federal budget deficit and the current debate in Congress over the state of the economy. He als…

Secretary Sullivan called his speech the State of the Union of Health, because health is as important to America’s well being as issues like defense. He said that America needs to strength i…

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Louis Sullivan, addressed a meeting of the National League of Cities about how the future of America rests on the fate of children. He said the Bush a…

The mayors talked about the numerous social problems facing cities, specifically the human infrastructure of youth. They discussed what they perceived to be their own cities' individual prob…

The Senate Budget committee heard testimony from Dr. Sullivan on the fiscal year 1991 budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services and how the Bush Administration was meet…

Dr. Sullivan spoke to reporters on the recently submitted Bush administration fiscal year 1992 budget proposals. He said the submitted proposals would allow the Department of Health and Huma…