DISEASES related term(s) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Addresses

Presentation of the Founders of Africare (organization): Jeannine B. Scott, E165 [15FE]

Amendments

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S775 [7FE], S786, S869, S870 [8FE], S880, S957, S968, S982, S983, S1022, S1028, S1035, S1036, S1037 [9FE], S1074, S1075 [10FE], S1183, S1184, S1185, S1186, S1187, S1192, S1193, S1194, S1199, S1200, S1231, S1264, S1265, S1266, S1267, S1268, S1269, S1270, S1271, S1272, S1273, S1274, S1306, S1307, S1308, S1309, S1310, S1311, S1312, S1313, S1315, S1316, S1317, S1318 [14FE]

Analyses

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act Potential Claims: CBO, S895 [9FE]

Articles and editorials

Aiming at Asbestos Bill, S753 [7FE]

Another $10 Billion, E1097 [9JN]

Asbestos Debate, S1049, S1069 [10FE]

CARICOM's Need for Universal Access in HIV/AIDS Fight, E1227 [21JN]

Colombians Rediscover Their African Roots, E1095 [9JN]

Forward on Asbestos, S1049, S1069 [10FE]

Gaucher Disease—Learning the Truth, E1367 [11JY]

Get Ready for Health Wars, E35 [31JA]

High Cost of Drug Caps, S7425 [12JY]

Holtz-Eakin Delivers Blow on Asbestos, S6553 [27JN]

How a Harlem Hospital Healed Itself, E1311 [28JN]

Justice for Asbestos Victims, S754 [7FE]

Looming Specter, S854 [8FE]

New Program Will Help Uninsured Get Cheaper Prescriptions, E537 [6AP]

Open the Door To Curing Alzheimer's—Why This Research Must Become an Urgent Priority, E1372 [11JY]

Prisoners, Public at Health Risk, E1311 [28JN]

Twenty-Five Years After the First Cases—The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS Epidemic, E1143 [14JN]

World Health—A Lethal Dose of U.S. Politics, H4204 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (see S. 2395), S1965 [9MR]

Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 368), H1320 [29MR]

Armed Forces: improve colorectal cancer screenings for certain TRICARE beneficiaries (see S. 2915), S4836 [19MY]

Cancer: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 5390), H2640 [16MY]

Children and youth: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see S. 2375), S1833 [7MR] (see S. 2393), S1965 [9MR] (see H.R. 4927), H867 [9MR]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 3274), S5341 [26MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a dental education loan repayment program to encourage dentists to serve at facilities with a critical shortage of dentists in areas with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5243), H1916 [27AP]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (see S. 3558), S6419 [22JN]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 2663), S3703 [27AP] (see H.R. 5397), H2641 [16MY]

———reauthorize the HIV Health Care Services Program (see S. 2339), S1540 [28FE] (see H.R. 5009), H1129 [16MR]

Diabetes: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 2439), S2313 [16MR] (see H.R. 5021), H1195 [28MR]

FDA: conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether the requirements provide sufficient information on the risks such devices pose (see H.R. 4767), H387 [16FE]

Financial institutions: encourage U.S. financial services industry to develop and implement plans to address challenges posed to national and international economies by pandemic or bioterrorism events (see H. Res. 909), H5047 [11JY]

Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H224 [8FE]

FTC: restore authority to issue regulations on marketing and advertising to children (see H.R. 5737), H4915 [29JN]

Health: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see S. 2825), S4695 [17MY] (see H.R. 5412), H2705 (see H.R. 5412), H2757 [17MY]

———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity and eating disorders (see H.R. 5698), H4794 [28JN]

———improve access to oral health services and prevent oral health diseases (see S. Res. 483), S4796 [18MY] (see S. Res. 483), H972 [14MR]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 2322), S1461 [17FE]

Health care facilities: commend hospice care providers for allowing people with life-limiting illness or injury to die pain-free and with dignity (see H. Res. 667), H154 [1FE]

Health care providers: establish a volunteer corps to aid in dissemination and distribution of vaccines and other countermeasures during a public health emergency (see S. 3482), S5659 [8JN]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see S. Con. Res. 90), S3801 [1MY]

HIV/AIDS: provide life-saving care for individuals with HIV/AIDS (see S. 2823), S4695 [17MY]

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (nonprofit organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 844), H3308 (see H. Res. 844), H3361 [25MY]

Lung cancer: call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (see S. Res. 408), S2467 [28MR] (see H. Res. 739), H1196 [28MR]

Medicaid: permit States to obtain reimbursement for care or services provided under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in a private mental health facility (see H.R. 5400), H2704 (see H.R. 5400), H2757 [17MY]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (see H.R. 5686), H4554 [26JN]

Medicare: establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 5465), H3225 [24MY]

———establish a pilot project to demonstrate the impact of payment for more frequent hemodialysis treatment (see H.R. 5321), H2338 [9MY]

———extend eligibility period for ``Welcome to Medicare'' physical examination and eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 5437), H2961 [19MY]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 3650), S7415 [12JY]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see S. 2340), S1540 [28FE]

———provide coverage for lung cancer screening tests for certain high-risk individuals (see H.R. 5514), H3307 (see H.R. 5514), H3360 [25MY]

———provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals (see H.R. 5496), H3307 (see H.R. 5496), H3359 [25MY]

———waive waiting period for coverage of individuals disabled with distant stage cancer (see H.R. 5615), H4008 [14JN]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S769 [7FE] (see S. Res. 402), S2202 [15MR]

National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 423), S2800 [4AP]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 357), H972 [14MR]

National Dysphagia Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 374), H1390 [30MR]

National HIV Testing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 433), H4520 [22JN]

National Inflammatory Skin Disease Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 652), H24 [31JA]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 508), S5779 [13JN]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 378), S1414 [16FE]

National security: prepare and strengthen biodefenses against deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness (see S. 2564), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5533), H3423 [6JN]

Neglected and tropical diseases: promote research and development of drugs (see S. 2699), S3893 [2MY]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H1320 [29MR]

Postal Service: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of, and additional research relating to Crohn's disease (see H. Con. Res. 420), H3308 (see H. Con. Res. 420), H3360 [25MY]

Prostate cancer: increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (see H. Res. 863), H3787 [12JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3226 [24MY]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (see S. 2754), S4107 [5MY] (see H.R. 5526), H3423 [6JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (see S. 3504), S5779 [13JN] (see H.R. 5719), H4914 [29JN]

Ryan White Care Act: prevent any reauthorization from imposing catastrophic losses in funding for States with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS (see H. Res. 893), H4554 [26JN]

Taxation: modernize treatment of biomedical research corporations (see H.R. 5115), H1676 [6AP]

Tuberculosis: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see S. 2465), S2467 [28MR] (see H.R. 5022), H1195 [28MR]

Valley fever: provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (see H.R. 5416), H2832 (see H.R. 5416), H2890 [18MY]

Women: establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5674), H4520 [22JN]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see S. 2278), S1175 [14FE] (see H.R. 4747), H273 [14FE]

Women's Health Week: observance (see S. Con. Res. 95), S4796 [18MY] (see S. Res. 487), S4891 [22MY] (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2705 (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2757 [17MY] (see H. Res. 833), H3137 [23MY]

Cloture motions

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S1122 [13FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), motion to proceed, S718 [6FE], S765 [7FE]

Cost Estimates

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 852): CBO, S888-S894 [9FE]

Excerpts

News reports on adult and non-embryonic stem cell research advances and updates, S4006 [4MY], S4202 [9MY]

Factsheets

Border Health Security Act (S. 2825), S4700 [17MY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act Transparency, S886 [9FE]

Letters

Adult stem cell research: Jacki Rabon, S6734 [29JN]

———Mary Schneider, S6733 [29JN]

———several doctors, S4203 [9MY]

Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident anniversary: Alexander B. Kuzma, Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (organization), H1405 [4AP]

———Kathy Ryan, Chernobyl Children's Project International, Inc., H1406 [4AP]

Dept. of HHS participation in National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis: Representative Souder, Committee on Government Reform (House), H829, H830 [9MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security Emergency Management Performance Grant program funding: Bruce P. Baughman, National Emergency Management Association, H3311 [25MY]

———Michael D. Selves, International Association of Emergency Managers, H3311 [25MY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE], S1150 [14FE]

———Carter G. Phillips, S949 [9FE]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S714 [6FE], S754 [7FE]

———Donald B. Marron, CBO, S1146 [14FE]

———Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO, S894 [9FE]

———Financial Institutions for Asbestos Reform (organization), S1148 [14FE]

———James A. Grogan, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE]

———James A. Grogan, Terry Lynch, and James P. McCourt, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S715 [6FE], S847 [8FE]

———James A. Grogan and James P. McCourt, International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, S1149 [14FE]

———James A. Williams, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, S713 [6FE], S848 [8FE], S1149 [14FE]

———James D. Randles, Military Order of the Purple Heart, S714 [6FE]

———John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, S712 [6FE]

———Laurence H. Tribe, S948 [9FE]

———National Governors Association, S714 [6FE]

———Senator Specter, S6553 [27JN]

———several asbestos victims groups, S782 [8FE]

———several military and veterans organizations, S714 [6FE], S754 [7FE]

———several organizations, S755 [7FE]

Request for a compulsory license for cancer drug Avastin: Respresentative Kucinich, E535 [6AP]

Safe Blood for Africa Initiative: John Bruton, European Union, H3651 [9JN]

———Kofi Annan, U.N., H3651 [9JN]

———Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain, H3651 [9JN]

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act: Nancy Reagan, S7172 [29JN]

———Paul Berg, S7172 [29JN]

———several Senators, S3999 [4MY]

Lists

Current human clinical applications using adult stem cells, S4005 [4MY], S4203 [9MY]

Messages

State of the Union: President Bush, S366-S370 [31JA]

Motions

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S956, S960 [9FE]

Petitions

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: asbestos victims and families, S763 [7FE]

Press releases

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Bates White, LLC, S763 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation: tribute, E399 [16MR]

Africa: develop a comprehensive strategy to protect blood supply, E1304 [28JN]

Africa Malaria Day: observance, E593 [25AP], E650 [27AP]

Africare (organization): anniversary, E164 [15FE]

AID: President's Malaria Intitiative funding, H3528 [8JN]

Alex's Lemonade Stand Days: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 368), H3742, H3743 [12JN]

ALS Awareness Month: observance, E915 [19MY]

American Heart Association: tribute to ``Go Red for Women'' campaign, E290 [7MR]

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry: establish (H.R. 4033), E915 [19MY]

Animals: create an animal identification system to better track bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and other prion diseases, H942 [14MR]

Blair, Patrick: commend effort to bicycle across America to raise awareness of diabetes and support for disabled children in Africa, E1036 [7JN]

Brady Kohn Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E288 [7MR]

Brain Injury Awareness Day: observance, E331 [9MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tourette Syndrome Education and Research Program funding, E66 [1FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: provide for product specific reimbursement for separate immune globulins and recognize infusion of immune globulins as a biologic response modifier, E52 [1FE]

Children and youth: support education efforts to increase awareness of the need for folic acid to prevent birth defects, H201 [8FE]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (H. Res. 323), H4368-H4371 [21JN], E1256 [23JN]

Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons: report, E1311 [28JN]

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation: anniversary, E1128 [13JN]

Correctional institutions: reduce recidivism of prisoners through improved substance abuse treatment programs, H4635 [27JN]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 629), H234-H236 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service bovine tuberculosis eradication program funding, H3061, H3062 [23MY]

———bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) tracking programs funding, H3066-H3068 [23MY]

———establish a Livestock Identification Board, H3085 [23MY]

———National Animal Identification System funding, H3028, H3080-H3082 [23MY]

Dept. of HHS: AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding, H3365 [6JN]

———establish a dental education loan repayment program to encourage dentists to serve at facilities with a critical shortage of dentists in areas with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS (H.R. 5243), E652 [27AP]

———establish comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program to reduce liver cirrhosis and liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection (H.R. 4550), E810, E823 [12MY]

———establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 5397), H2600 [16MY]

———tribute to Strong Women Stand Tall osteoporosis awareness program, E903 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Emergency Management Performance Grant program funding, H3301, H3311, H3312 [25MY]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding, H3856 [13JN]

Dept. of Justice: Safe Return Program for Alzheimer's patients funding, H4639, H4640 [27JN]

Dept. of State: International Disaster and Famine Assistance for Sudan and Global HIV/AIDS Initiative funding through reductions in Egypt Economic Support Fund funding, H3537-H3546 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: cooperate with NIH in facilitating research on managing medical issues associated with hepatitis C, H2930 [19MY]

Developing countries: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services, H4203 [19JN]

Diabetes: prevent and cure juvenile diabetes, E996 [26MY]

Driscoll, Adam: commend effort to bicycle across America to raise awareness of diabetes and support for disabled children in Africa, E1036 [7JN]

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, E803 [11MY], E900 [19MY]

FDA: conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether the requirements provide sufficient information on the risks such devices pose (H.R. 4767), E188 [17FE]

———expedite consideration of State petitions for adoption of food warnings relative to cancer-causing agents, reproductive effects or birth defects, or children's exposure to certain harmful agents, H744-H746 [8MR]

———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants, E1372 [11JY]

Foreign aid: provide assistance to countries to combat tuberculosis, H3690 [9JN]

FTC: restore authority to issue regulations on marketing and advertising to children (H.R. 5737), E1326 [29JN]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, H3526 [8JN]

Health: increase minority awareness of kidney disease, E553 [7AP]

———link between child vaccinations containing mercury and autism, H357 [16FE]

———medical research funding, H1571 [6AP]

———provide for adult stem cell research, H164 [8FE]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (H.R. 2520), H2645 [17MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3022, H3023, H3024 [23MY], H3146 [24MY], H4383-H4389 [21JN], H5036, H5038 [11JY], E979, E986, E994, E998 [26MY]

———repeal comprehensive liability protection for manufacturers of avian flu pandemic vaccines and products, H1092, H1093 [16MR]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (H.R. 898), H2646 [17MY]

———success of using adult stem cells to treat diseases, H127, H128 [1FE]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (H. Con. Res. 175), E1095 [9JN]

HIV/AIDS: anniversary of first reported case in the U.S., H3627 [8JN], E1097 [9JN]

———demographics of victims, E1143 [14JN], E1227 [21JN]

Influenza: combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a program to develop a vaccine, H4537-H4540 [26JN], H5042-H5044 [11JY]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, H1984, H1988 [3MY], H3708 [9JN], E812 [12MY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1849), H766 [8MR]

———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 4540), E309 [8MR]

Medicaid: provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (H.R. 5686), E1275 [26JN]

MedicAlert Foundation International: anniversary, E288 [7MR]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education, H4534 [26JN]

———combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (H.R. 2421), H5014 [11JY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, E91 [8FE], E255 [2MR]

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: anniversary, E262 [2MR]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 357), H1695, H1696 [25AP], H1877 [27AP], E634 [27AP]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 335), H1201 [29MR]

National Gaucher Foundation: tribute, E1366 [11JY]

National HIV Testing Day: observance, E1292 [27JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (H.R. 2231), H4224 [20JN], E309 [8MR], E805 [11MY], E879 [18MY], E886, E916 [19MY]

National Kidney Month: observance, E247 [1MR], E379 [15MR]

National Marfan Awareness Month: observance, E215 [28FE]

National Minority Health Month: observance, E550 [6AP], E553 [7AP], E665 [27AP]

National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 85), H1141, H1142 [28MR]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: observance, E927 [23MY]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 265), H3393, H3394 [6JN]

New York, NY: tribute to North General Hospital, E1311 [28JN]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos (H.R. 3144), H426-H432 [28FE]

———funding, H650 [8MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: submit report on Dept. of HHS participation in National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis, H829 [9MR]

Oncology Nursing Society: tribute, E951 [24MY], E1072 [8JN]

Patient Assistance Day: observance, E536 [6AP]

Prostate cancer: increase Federal commitment to supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment (H. Res. 863), E1122 [12JN], E1256 [23JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (S. 655), H5003-H5005 [11JY]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (H.R. 5526), H5036-H5042 [11JY]

———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), H5038 [11JY]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), H5038 [11JY]

Ride for Lorraine (organization): tribute, E1327 [29JN]

Safe Blood for Africa Initiative: support, H3650 [9JN]

South Carolina Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: tribute, H162 [8FE]

Stump, Jesse: commend effort to bicycle across America to raise awareness of diabetes and support for disabled children in Africa, E1036 [7JN]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 3427), H5050 [12JY]

University of Rochester Medical Center: tribute to Infectious Diseases Division of the Dept. of Medicine, E1242 [21JN]

Utah: tribute to volunteer dentists and physicians, E48 [1FE]

Valley fever: provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (H.R. 5416), E876 [18MY]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (H.R. 1245), E22 [31JA], E309 [8MR], E469 [30MR], E1256 [23JN]

———improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 4747), H279 [15FE], E181 [17FE]

Women's Health Week: observance, E905 [19MY]

———observance (H. Res. 833), H3391-H3393 [6JN]

World Health Day: observance, E540 [6AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail (S. 2395), S1967 [9MR]

American Diabetes Alert Day: observance, S2674 [30MR]

American Heart Month: observance, S1529 [28FE]

Armed Forces: improve colorectal cancer screenings for certain TRICARE beneficiaries, S6273 [21JN]

———improve colorectal cancer screenings for certain TRICARE beneficiaries (S. 2915), S4839 [19MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S5831 [14JN]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3409-S3411 [24AP]

Camp Lejeune, NC: require Marine Corps to notify affected persons of drinking water contamination, provide benefits to those exposed, and require a study on the health effects of such exposure, S6004 [16JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tourette Syndrome Education and Research Program funding, S9 [18JA]

Children and youth: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (S. 2393), S1967 [9MR]

Courts: cost-estimates for claims of personal injury and wrongful death due to asbestos exposure to be paid from a trust fund established for such claims, S884, S886-S888 [9FE]

———establish medical criteria for asbestos exposure victims seeking compensation, S944-S957 [9FE]

———limit asbestos victims trust fund contributions from companies with annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion or if full contributions would force bankruptcy, S959, S960 [9FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 3274), S5344-S5347, S5388, S5394 [26MY], S5433 [5JN], S6553 [27JN]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), S38, S40 [25JA], S506 [2FE], S766, S774 [7FE], S781, S825-S853 [8FE], S875-S877, S879-S898, S944-S968 [9FE], S1047-S1050, S1054, S1058, S1065-S1067 [10FE], S1078, S1121 [13FE], S1140-S1170 [14FE], S1372, S1373 [15FE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 852), motion to proceed, S697, S699-S720 [6FE], S738-S758, S761-S766 [7FE]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 69), S777 [7FE]

Dept. of Defense: report on biodefense staffing and training requirements in support of the national biosafety laboratories, S6364 [22JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 2663), S3706-S3708 [27AP]

———Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS) Program funding, S3888 [2MY], S4017, S4018 [4MY], S5907 [15JN]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program, S5937 [15JN]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (S. 2439), S2328 [16MR]

Foreign aid: provide assistance to countries to combat avian influenza, S1887 [8MR]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, S2268, S2269 [16MR]

Health: establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (S. 2825), S4698 [17MY]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care, S2181 [15MR]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (S. 2322), S1462 [17FE]

———provide for adult stem cell research, S4005, S4006, S4039 [4MY], S4201-S4204 [9MY], S6731-S6735 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, S4128 [8MY], S4177 [9MY], S4298 [10MY], S4428, S4434 [11MY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), S1668, S1669 [3MR], S3998-S4002 [4MY], S4124 [8MY], S4189, S4190, S4194, S4195 [9MY], S4249, S4256, S4382 [10MY], S4447, S4452, S4453, S4455 [11MY], S4572 [16MY], S5467 [6JN], S6449 [23JN], S6596, S6612-S6615 [28JN], S6731-S6736, S7170-S7173 [29JN], S7261 [10JY], S7364-S7366 [12JY]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 471), S7279 [10JY]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (S. 1289), S1172 [14FE]

———provide liability protection to manufacturers of pandemic vaccines, S3778, S3779 [1MY]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (S. Con. Res. 90), S3806 [1MY]

HIV/AIDS: anniversary of first reported case in the U.S., S5486 [6JN], S5594 [7JN]

Influenza: combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a program to develop a vaccine, S2226, S2227, S2231 [16MR]

———improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine (S. 1828), S5629-S5631 [8JN]

———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic, S969 [9FE]

Lung cancer: call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality (S. Res. 408), S3918 [2MY]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (S. 311), S5486 [6JN]

Medicare: include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket treshold of the prescription drug program (S. 3650), S7424 [12JY]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (S. 2340), S1547 [28FE]

Mental health: combat autism through research, screening, intervention, and education (S. 843), S3206 [6AP]

———increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals, S1575 [1MR]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (S. 1580), S1070 [10FE]

National Asbestos Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 368), S704 [6FE], S774 [7FE]

———designate (S. Res. 402), S2222 [15MR]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, S3206 [6AP]

National Children's Study: funding, S2286 [16MR]

National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 423), S2844 [4AP]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 357), S5134 [24MY]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: observance, S1529 [28FE]

National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 236), S5283 [25MY]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 508), S5812 [13JN], S7442 [12JY]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 378), S1446 [16FE]

Neglected and tropical diseases: promote research and development of drugs (S. 2699), S3900 [2MY]

NIH: conduct and support research for the derivation and use of human pluripotent stem cells by means that will not create or harm human embryos, S1050-S1053 [10FE]

Pharmaceuticals: pandemic influenza vaccine injury compensation funding, S3778, S3779 [1MY], S3942, S3948 [3MY]

Research: derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), S4151 [8MY], S7170-S7173 [29JN]

———derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos (S. 2754), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), S7170-S7173 [29JN]

———prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes (S. 3504), unanimous-consent agreement, S7169, S7170 [29JN]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5446-S5449, S5451, S5473 [6JN], S5626 [8JN]

Smithsonian Institution: migratory bird surveillance program funding, S3875, S3876 [2MY], S4017, S4018 [4MY]

Tuberculosis: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (S. 2465), S2472 [28MR]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (S. 2278), S1176, S1177 [14FE], S1406 [16FE]

Women's Health Week: observance (S. Res. 487), S4916 [22MY]

Reports filed

Public Health Service Act Amendments Relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (S. 655) (H. Rept. 109-510), H4327 [20JN]

Strengthening Disease Surveillance: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 109-436), H1740 [25AP]

Statements

Africare (organization): Julius E. Coles, E165 [15FE]

Partnership for Prescription Assistance Launches National ``Patient Assistance Day'' Celebration on April 5, 2006: Partnership for Prescription Assistance (organization), E536 [6AP]

Principles on Human Stem Cell Research: Senator Frist, S7170 [29JN]

Production of Pluripotent Stem Cells By Oocyte Assisted Reprogramming: Several Scientists, H430 [28FE]

Researchers Offer Proof-of-Concept for Altered Nuclear Transfer, H431 [28FE]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to H. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010, relative to S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S1157 [14FE]

Total Federal funding for NIH stem cell research, S4005 [4MY], S6735 [29JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 357, support goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, H1695 [25AP]

H. Con. Res. 368, support goals and ideals of Alex's Lemonade Stand Days, H3742 [12JN]

H. Res. 85, National MPS Day, H1141 [28MR]

H. Res. 265, support goals and ideals of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, H3393 [6JN]

H. Res. 323, support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, H4368 [21JN]

H. Res. 629, support goals and ideals of Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day, H234 [14FE]

H. Res. 833, Women's Health Week, H3391 [6JN]

S. 655, amend Public Health Service Act relative to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H5003 [11JY]

S. 852, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S786-S825 [8FE]

S. 2322, Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act, S1463 [17FE]

S. 2393, Conquer Childhood Cancer Act, S1966 [9MR]

S. 2395, require air carriers that ship live animals as cargo to ship certain live animals as mail, S1967 [9MR]

S. 2439, Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act, S2329 [16MR]

S. 2564, Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act, S3222-S3227 [6AP]

S. 2663, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, S3708-S3710 [27AP]

S. 2825, Border Health Security Act, S4699 [17MY]

S. 3274, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S5347-S5388 [26MY]

S. 3650, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S7425 [12JY]

S. Con. Res. 69, support goals and ideals of Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day, S777 [7FE]

S. Con. Res. 90, acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, S3805 [1MY]

S. Con. Res. 95, Women's Health Week, S4808 [18MY]

S. Res. 236, support goals and ideals of National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week, S5284 [25MY]

S. Res. 368, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S774 [7FE]

S. Res. 378, National MPS Awareness Day, S1438, S1447 [16FE]

S. Res. 402, National Asbestos Awareness Day, S2207, S2223 [15MR]

S. Res. 408, call for the declaration of lung cancer as a public health priority and the implementation of a comprehensive interagency program to reduce lung cancer mortality, S2473 [28MR], S3918 [2MY]

S. Res. 423, National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day, S2806, S2845 [4AP]

S. Res. 483, improve access to oral health services and prevent oral health diseases, S4807 [18MY]

S. Res. 487, Women's Health Week, S4897, S4916 [22MY]

S. Res. 508, National Mammography Day, S5812 [13JN], S7442 [12JY]