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HHS
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HHs
English
Pronunciation
en H H 'S
Proper noun
en US en w:United States Department of Health and Human Services (US Department of) Health and Human Services.
en Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders warren.senate.gov https://www.warren.senate.gov/oversight/letters/senators-warren-sanders-markey-and-gillibrand-urge-administration-to-deschedule-cannabis-and-pardon-nonviolent-cannabis-offenders 06-07-2022 U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders. 14 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20221216203211/https://www.warren.senate.gov/oversight/letters/senators-warren-sanders-markey-and-gillibrand-urge-administration-to-deschedule-cannabis-and-pardon-nonviolent-cannabis-offenders 16 December 2022
en Jeremy Diamond and Simone McCarthy Biden administration suspends funding for Wuhan lab w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/politics/biden-admin-suspends-wuhan-lab-funding/index.html 2023-07-19 “This action aims to ensure that WIV does not receive another dollar of federal funding,” an HHS spokesperson said in a statement. “The move was undertaken due to WIV’s failure to provide documentation on WIV’s research requested by NIH related to concerns that WIV violated NIH’s biosafety protocols.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250713231717/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/politics/biden-admin-suspends-wuhan-lab-funding/index.html 13 July 2025
en-GB Reuters First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite confirmed in US The Guardian 2025-08-25 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/new-world-screwworm-flesh-eating-parasite-case-us 0261-3077 The case, investigated by the Maryland department of health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was confirmed by the CDC as New World screwworm on 4 August – and involved a patient who returned from travel to El Salvador, an HHS spokesperson, Andrew G Nixon, said in an email to Reuters.
en-GB Robert Mackey HHS CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign The Guardian 2025-08-28 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted 0261-3077 “Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people,” HHS said in an unsigned statement posted to social media.
Noun
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Anagrams
en hhs H.S.H. HSH SHH shh
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor en:HHS<t:Health and Human Services> + 1
Proper noun
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es Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos; en HHS
es Sarah Owermohle y Meg Tirrell RFK Jr. destituye a todos los miembros actuales del comité asesor de vacunas de los CDC w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/09/eeuu/rfk-jr-destituye-miembros-comite-asesor-vacunas-cdc-trax 2025-06-09 El comité de los CDC tiene previsto reunirse del 25 al 27 de junio para debatir las vacunas contra el covid-19, el VSR, la influenza, el VPH y la enfermedad meningocócica. El HHS indicó que la reunión se llevará a cabo, lo que le da a la agencia aproximadamente dos semanas para conformar su panel asesor. https://web.archive.org/web/20260518032011/http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/09/eeuu/rfk-jr-destituye-miembros-comite-asesor-vacunas-cdc-trax 18 May 2026