For the first time since Hwang Woo-Suk’s cloned stem cells were revealed as fakes, human cloning — for medical purposes, or even for reproduction — appears to be a realistic possibility.
“We show for the first time that the same genes turned on in normal human embryos are the same genes turned on in human clones,” said Robert Lanza, scientific director of Advanced Cell Technologies and co-author of a study published Monday in
.
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Proponents say there are cost savings; critics say there are too many risks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nowhere in Texas government has the ideological divide over privatization — and the potential pitfalls — been more pronounced than in the arena of health and human services.
Privatization critics say human services are the absolute last government functions that should be hired out. But in the past decade, the Legislature has hired Read the rest of this entry »

– Former Sen. Tom Daschle will be announced Thursday as President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a Democratic source said Wednesday.
CNN has previously reported that the 61-year-old former Senate majority leader from South Dakota would be Obama’s choice, but not the announcement date.
In November, Daschle said he was excited about the possibility of serving as point person in Obama’s effort Read the rest of this entry »

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Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination for health and human services secretary Tuesday, after fielding mounting criticism
over his failure to pay more than $130,000 in taxes.
The move marked a stunning turnaround from the day before,
when Daschle mounted a campaign to retain allies on Capitol Hill and President Obama told reporters he “absolutely”stands
by the former South Dakota senator.
But the president accepted Daschle’s withdrawal Read the rest of this entry »

Of the
many crises President Barack Obama faces, few are more urgent than
preventing the needless deaths of half a million people this year. This
is the number of women who die annually from a lack of basic
reproductive health services. Unlike the global recession, climate
change, and other disasters compounded by George W. Bush, the crisis of
maternal mortality is easily resolved. Last week, Obama took an
important first step by rescinding the “global Read the rest of this entry »

According to sources close to the selection process, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, was on the short list for Department of Health and Human Services' top position from the very beginning. Now that former Sen. Tom Daschle's withdrawal amid an admission he had not paid taxes on a car and driver leaves the spot vacant again,
that Sebelius is again on the top of the list.
But what do we know about Gov. Sebelius? And does she have the requisite Read the rest of this entry »

Another notable name is joining BarackObama’s Cabinet — former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will be Health
and Human Services secretary pending Senate confirmation, FOXNews learned Wednesday.
Daschle accepted the
offer, according to two Democratic sources close to Daschle and with intimate knowledge of the decision. Daschle had been
a longtime adviser on Obama’s campaign and served as a frequent surrogate on the campaign Read the rest of this entry »

SALEM TOWNSHIP — The county-run Riverview HealthCare Campus is the best nursing home in Ottawa County, according to a federal agency that rates facilities.
The 190-bed home received three out of five stars for overall care last week from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That means Riverview is an “about average” home, according to the ratings scale.
Five stars is the highest rating Read the rest of this entry »

Other researchers had previously begun human testing of embryonic cells derived from adults and fetuses, but the new study will mark the first authorized use of those derived from embryos, which have been highly controversial because the embryos are destroyed in the process.
The Food and Drug Administration approved a request from Geron of Menlo Park to test the stem cells on eight to 10 patients with severe spinal cord injuries. The study, which Read the rest of this entry »