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4/16/14

Kathleen Sebelius Might Be Running For Senator in Kansas

When Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius resigned last week, it was seen as an inevitable…

Kate Dries

PublishedApril 16, 2014

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6/5/13

A 10-Year-Old Girl Needs a New Set of Lungs. Ethical Firestorm Ensues.

Hello everyone, I am here to ruin your week by telling you the most tragic thing you’ve ever heard (there’s like, a…

Meagan Hatcher-Mays

PublishedJune 5, 2013

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5/16/13

Worked Up About Teens and Plan B? Here's What the Kids Actually Think.

Lots of important adults — judges, doctors, the POTUS himself — have fervent opinions on whether the morning-after…

Katie J.M. Baker

PublishedMay 16, 2013

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3/10/12

Texas Women’s Health Fund to Lose Federal Funding Over Abortion Row

The dark clouds hanging over women's health clinics in Texas have just unleashed a torrential storm on the state's…

Doug Barry

PublishedMarch 10, 2012

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3/8/12

Michele Bachmann Rides In on Her Crazy Horse to Warn Us That Obama Kills Babies

Have you felt a hole in your heart lately? Is it, by any chance, in the shape of Michele Bachmann? Her particular…

Cassie Murdoch

PublishedMarch 8, 2012

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12/7/11

Plan B Will Not Be Over The Counter After All

Despite recommendations from the FDA, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius has decided not to allow…

Anna North

PublishedDecember 7, 2011

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6/29/11

Government Will Start Collecting Health Data On LGBT People

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that her department will begin collecting data…

Anna North

PublishedJune 29, 2011

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3/22/10

Power Purple And Other Fashion From Recent Political History

How to address the 219-212 passage of a universal health-care reform bill that the President calls an answer to ‘the…

Sadie Stein

PublishedMarch 22, 2010

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11/19/09

The New, Looming Battle Over American Womens' Breast Health

The report made waves by advising against home screening for breast cancer and against annual mammograms:

LatoyaPeterson

PublishedNovember 19, 2009

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9/18/09

Elmo Called On To Deliver White House Briefing On Sneezing

Margaret Hartmann

PublishedSeptember 18, 2009

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9/14/09

And The Health Care Band Played On

Over the weekend, Crystal Lee Sutton, labor activist and inspiration for the movie Norma Rae, died of cancer after…

LatoyaPeterson

PublishedSeptember 14, 2009

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8/21/09

Onion Confirms What We Always Suspected About Backyard Camping

In the Onion, "Kathleen Sebelius" explains that 74% of camping kids fall victim to killer ghosts, wolves, or "Old…

Anna North

PublishedAugust 21, 2009

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8/18/09

On Abortion, Right And Left Agree That Compromise Sucks

We haven't been that impressed with efforts to find "common ground" on abortion — and, funnily enough, neither is Foc…

Anna North

PublishedAugust 18, 2009

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5/27/09

The Seven Sisters

"...the women of the administration are still waiting for their first girls' night out on the town," 'reports' US…

Anna Holmes

PublishedMay 27, 2009

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4/29/09

100 Days Of Right Wing Wackos Would Make You Weary, Too

This week's New York Times Magazine cover story on Obama's first hundred days doesn't look exceptionally…

Megan Carpentier

PublishedApril 29, 2009

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4/28/09

President Plays Hoops; Wins Polls

Barack Obama shot some hoops with the women of the NCAA champion Huskies and won. (Pic at left is from early April.)…

Megan Carpentier

PublishedApril 28, 2009

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4/24/09

Larry Summers Sleeps While Credit Scores Drop

Renowned male supremacist Larry Summers just couldn't keep his eyes open during a meeting with credit card company…

Megan Carpentier

PublishedApril 24, 2009

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3/31/09

Kathleen Sebelius' Opponents Are Not Appeased

Despite having sold out about the pro-choice movement by signing Kansas' pre-abortion ultrasound bill, anti-abortion…

Megan Carpentier

PublishedMarch 31, 2009

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3/30/09

Kathleen Sebelius And The Appeasement Strategy

Kansas Governor and Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius signed into law today a bill…

Megan Carpentier

PublishedMarch 30, 2009

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3/1/09

Welcome To The Cabinet, Governor Sebelius

The New York Times is reporting that President Obama is set to formally announce Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as…

Hortense Smith

PublishedMarch 1, 2009

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