United States Public Health Service

Division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health

Follow United States Public Health Service on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!

2025 HHS announced a reorganization plan to integrate OASH into the new Administration for a Healthy America.
2022 The Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness was transformed into the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response.
2022 The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health was created through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, marking a significant expansion of public health research capabilities.
2019 Discontinuation of the National Vaccine Program Office after serving as a component of OASH for 33 years.
2010 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) was renamed from the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS).
2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton officially apologizes to the Republic of Guatemala for the unethical syphilis experiments conducted by the United States Public Health Service, acknowledging the serious ethical lapses in moral judgment.

This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles United States Public Health Service & Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

See Also