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Press Releases
This is a listing of press releases from NWHIC/OWH/4Girls.
September 1, 2004
New Report Maps Women's Health in the United States Shows Patterns by State for Key Indicators
August 11, 2004
Media Advisory: Minority Women's Health Summit
June 4, 2004
Public service campaign to promote breastfeeding awareness launched
May 17, 2004
A healthy makeover in 2004: 4Girls.gov emphasizes the importance of girls' health
May 9, 2004
HHS urges women to take a day for their health and to learn health facts through a special database
October 3, 2003
HHS designates six new National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
May 9, 2003
Statement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson regarding National Women's Health Week
May 7, 2003
HHS urges women to get regular preventive checkups
Preventive Screenings Urged Nationwide on Day Following Mother's Day
October 9, 2002
HHS awards five new model community health centers to improve women's health
August 1, 2002
HHS launches new health web site for girls
May 10, 2002
HHS celebrates National Women's Health Week at events around the country May 12-18, 2002
December 3, 2001
Women's health time capsule unveiled at tenth anniversary celebration for the HHS Office on Women's Health
August 1, 2001
Best practices in breastfeeding promotion highlighted by the HHS Office on Women's Health and the American Association of Health Plans
May 17, 2001
National town hall meeting focuses on problems of lupus
May 11, 2001
Statement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson regarding HHS' celebration of National Women's Health Week
May 11, 2001
Capitol hill town hall meeting: Unlocking the mystery of lupus: Women's health week event
April 30, 2001
Seventeen federal programs named semifinalists in government innovations award program
October 11, 2000
Violence against women section added to the NWHIC web site
September 19, 2000
HHS establishes model community health centers for women
August 17, 2000
New interactive heart health feature for African American women added to NWHIC's For Your Heart web site
May 15, 2000
Nationwide campaign promotes simple steps to women's wellness:
National Women's Health Week Declared May 14 to May 20, 2000
February 14, 2000
Women's health and body image focus added to NWHIC
November 3, 1999
Interactive heart health feature added to NWHIC
August 2, 1999
Federal resource center for women with disabilities added to NWHIC
June 18, 1999
NWHIC adds a section on men's health
November 16, 1998
NWHIC web site and hotline launched by the U.S. Public Health Service
October 1, 1998
HHS established third generation of National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
September 30, 1998
First ever National Centers of Leadership in Academic Medicine established by the U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health
February 5, 1998
Jones named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health
October 1, 1997
The Office on Women's Health establishes a new generation of National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
July 24, 1997
National women's health leadership summit
March 6, 1997
OWH joins forces with the Department of Defense to announce Mobile Breast Care Center (MBCC) that provides a revolutionary new approach to breast cancer detection
October 1, 1996
HHS launches Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
September 17, 1996
Technology transferred from space, intelligence and defense industries used to detect and diagnose breast cancer
January 31, 1996
DHHS/CIA brief Russian health minister on unique collaboration to develop new breast imaging technologies
December 14, 1993
National Action Plan on Breast Cancer announced
Last Updated: August 2004
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