Health.Zone Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
  2. Kay Coles James - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Coles_James

    Kay Coles James. Kay Coles James (born June 1, 1949) is an American public official who served as secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2022 to August 2023, and as the director for the United States Office of Personnel Management under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. [1] Previous to the OPM appointment, she served ...

  3. United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of...

    Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule, [5] thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. [6] Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Hispanic descent to hold the post.

  4. Sylvia Mathews Burwell - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Mathews_Burwell

    Sylvia Mary Burwell (née Mathews; born June 23, 1965) is an American government and non-profit executive who was the 15th president of American University from June 1, 2017 to June 30, 2024. Burwell is the first woman to serve as the university's president. Burwell earlier served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

  5. Marilyn Tavenner - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Tavenner

    Virginia Commonwealth University (BSN, MHA) Marilyn Barbour Tavenner (born May 31, 1951) [1] is an American government official and health-care executive who served as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, from 2011 to 2015.

  6. United States Department of Health and Human Services

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department...

    Website. www.hhs.gov. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]

  7. Food and Drug Administration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration

    The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, caffeine products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines ...

  8. Surgeon General of the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the...

    After 141 years under the Treasury Department, the Service came under the Federal Security Agency in 1939, then the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1953, and finally the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Prior to 1970, the surgeon general was traditionally selected from career uniformed officers. [7]

  9. Secretary of Health Nominee Tied to Tobacco - WebMD

    www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/secretary...

    Tommy Thompson. Jan. 16, 2001 (Washington) -- Anti- tobacco advocates aren't too excited about President-elect George W. Bush's pick to head the nation's healthcare system. Wisconsin Gov. Tommy ...