NOUN | group | HHS, Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare |
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Meaning | The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979. | |
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Synonyms | Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services | |
Parts | Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC | A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services |
Food and Drug Administration, FDA | A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products | |
National Institutes of Health, NIH | An agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health | |
United States Public Health Service, PHS | An agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General | |
Broader | executive department | A federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States |
Spanish | ministerio de sanidad | |
Catalan | ministeri de sanitat |
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