CNN CNN

  • E-mail
  • Save
29 Stories on Michael Leavitt
Search this topic

CDC director resigns effective January 20

Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will leave her post by noon on January 20, the day President-elect Barack Obama is to be sworn in to office.

Rule aims to protect health providers' right of conscience

As an intern 20 years ago, Dr. Sandy Christiansen said, she was repeatedly denied the opportunity to perform some medical procedures that other interns performed.

Time.com: FDA Will Open Inspection Office in China This Year

The Food and Drug Administration will establish its first office in China before the end of the year as part of a broader plan to assure the safety of imports from the developing world

Time.com: Mailmen Might Deliver Meds in Next Anthrax Attack

Federal health officials are beginning a project in Minneapolis-St. Paul to let letter carriers stockpile a personal supply of emergency antibiotics so they are protected and ready to deliver aid to the rest of the city at a moment's notice

Time.com: 13 States Protest Abortion Refusal Rule

Attorneys general from 13 states on Wednesday protested a proposed Bush administration rule that would give stronger job protections to doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections

Time.com: FDA Planning China Office

U.S. food and drug regulators will start working in China next month once Beijing gives its final approval, the top U.S. health official said Tuesday

CNNMoney: Bush backs tougher product safety measures

President Bush on Tuesday said he backed tougher product safety measures that would give mandatory recall authority to the Food and Drug Administration and increase penalties on companies that import unsafe products into the United States.

CNNMoney: Panel to push for greater U.S. recall power

An advisory commission created in response to concerns about recalls of dangerous toothpaste, dog food and toys will recommend to President Bush that the Food and Drug Administration be empowered to order mandatory recalls of products deemed a risk to consumers, an administration official said Monday.

Ads target Republicans in children's health insurance veto fight

As House members are at home for the Columbus Day weekend, a coalition of labor and advocacy groups is stepping up the battle over the federal children's health-care program, known as SCHIP.

CNNMoney: Working group reports on import safety

The flow of products imported into the U.S. each year is so vast that simply increasing inspections would not adequately improve safety.

Advertisement
Quick Job Search :
keyword(s):
enter city: