Tag: Xavier Becerra

The State Department is launching the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy to elevate the issue of global health in U.S. international policy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Health transcends borders, economies, security. Ways of life rise and fall based on health," Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said at a joint press conference on August 1, 2023, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ambassador-at-Large John Nkengasong, new head of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the State Department.

State Department creates new bureau focused on global health security in wake of pandemic

Gabrielle M. Etzel · August 1, 2023 4:06 pm

This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. The federal government is opening a new mass shelter for migrant children near the U.S-Mexico border and is considering housing children on three military bases to add 3,000 more beds to the overtaxed system in the coming weeks.

Best way to stop child labor is to secure the border

Washington Examiner · July 31, 2023 4:00 am

Biden announces rules to boost access to mental healthcare and addiction treatment

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 25, 2023 8:18 pm

Republican seeks to speed up CDC reporting on overdose death and suicide statistics

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 17, 2023 9:30 pm

Becerra tells COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers that HHS will still buy vaccines

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 13, 2023 9:39 pm

GOP senator demands Becerra say how many HHS employees are still working remotely

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 12, 2023 4:41 pm

Biden announces sweeping ‘Bidenomics’ plan to reduce healthcare costs

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 7, 2023 9:00 am

Becerra says the Supreme Court delivered ‘a mean blow’ in wedding designer case

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 3, 2023 9:06 pm

Biden administration ‘enabling’ hospitals to violate patient price transparency law: Report

Breccan F. Thies · June 28, 2023 7:34 pm

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hybrid hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

Community and Family

Tennessee Republican protects state’s anti-abortion laws from federal funding manipulation

Gabrielle M. Etzel · June 27, 2023 9:45 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a meeting with a task force on reproductive health care access in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, April 12, 2023, in Washington.

Xavier Becerra calls for HHS to go on ‘offense’ on gay rights

Gabrielle M. Etzel · June 26, 2023 4:19 pm

Tennessee Republican calls Xavier Becerra ‘malicious’ for axing funding over abortion ban

Gabrielle M. Etzel · June 22, 2023 2:09 pm