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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gestures during a news conference, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington.

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  1. Eva Graziano of the Albany County Department of Health refrigerates swine flu vaccine in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. A total of 91,000 doses of the vaccine are expected to be delivered to New York counties outside New York City by the end of the week.
  2. Maribeth Miller of the Albany County Department of Health holds a box of swine flue vaccine in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. A total of 91,000 doses of the vaccine are expected to be delivered to New York counties outside New York City by the end of the week.
  3. U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Nicole Lurie, speaks during a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Health representatives from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States, Mexico and the World Health Organization met Friday in Brussels for a special meeting of the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) hosted by the European Commission. The meeting focused on effective public health measures to respond to Swine flu.
  4. U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Nicole Lurie, speaks during a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Health representatives from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States, Mexico and the World Health Organization met Friday in Brussels for a special meeting of the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) hosted by the European Commission. The meeting focused on effective public health measures to respond to Swine flu.
  5. This photo released by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, shows Michael Jackson's amended death certificate that reflects his cause of death as a homicide, specifying "intravenous injection by another" as the fatal injury.
  6. Kaleb Nissley, 3, of Middletown, Pa., is given the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine by Stephanie Gellatly with the Department of Health as he is held by her mother Brandi Nissley at the Dauphin County State Health Center in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
  7. Sky Byrem, 7, of Annville, Pa., is given the H1N1 vaccine by Jennifer Shirk with the Department of Health as she is held by her mother Christina Bohr, left, at the Dauphin County State Health Center in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
  8. A board showing the manufacturing process of the H1N1 flu vaccine is seen during a hearing with US Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Homeland Security Alexander Garza, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services Nicole Lurie and Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Anne Schuchat titled: 'H1N1 Flu: Getting the Vaccine to Where It Is Most Needed' on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 17, 2009.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (L) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (C) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion during a news conference with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L) and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West (R) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (L) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (L) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  13. LAWRENCE, KS - NOVEMBER 25: Former Kansas Governor and current Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius cheers during the game between the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and the Kansas Jayhawks on November 25, 2009 at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.
  14. United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, top center, cheers on the Kansas Jayhawks during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game against Oaklan, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Lawrence, Kan. Sebelius is the former Kansas governor. Kansas defeated Oakland 89-59.
  15. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (L-R), HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie, Novartis CEO and Chairman Daniel Vasella, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco tour the new Novartis vaccine facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  16. Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks about the U.S. Health Care during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington, November 17, 2009.

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