Future of fetal tissue banks lies in political decisions

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Fetal tissue banks that track miscarried tissue may be closed because tissue from elective abortions is available since Pres Clinton's lifting of a ban on research use of such tissue. Fetal tissue is used in developing experimental treatments for Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions. Five fetal tissue banks created by Pres Bush in 1992 were awarded $6 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a two-year study. The research use of fetal tissue from elective abortions was banned from 1988 to 1993.

Noncommercial research organizations, Usage, Laws, regulations and rules, Political aspects, Fetal tissues, Tissue banks

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Bad guy' Kusserow will keep health care focus

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Many in the medical profession were relieved by the announced retirement of Richard Kusserow, the Health and Human Services inspector general known for his relentless pursuit of medical fraud and misconduct. A statement by the American Medical Association, which had called for Kusserow's resignation, urged the Bush administration to give organized medicine's self-regulatory structure a chance to work. Kusserow will join former Health and Human Services official John J. O'Shaughnessy in a health-related management consulting firm.

Management, Officials and employees, Medical policy, Health policy, Kusserow, Richard P.

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Panel urges naming surgeon general to fill expanded role

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A special advisory panel on the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service is recommending that the next surgeon general assume the duties currently held by the assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position of surgeon general has been vacant since the firing of Joycelyn Elders. Current assistant secretary for health Phillip R. Lee will be leaving the post as President Clinton's second term begins.

Administration of Human Resource Programs, Administration of Public Health Programs, ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Dept of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Powers and duties, Cabinet officers, Cabinet officials, United States. Public Health Service

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