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The Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters.
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UPDATE: Tom Daschle withdrew on 3 Feburary; Obama has not announced a replacement.

In 1979, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into two agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education.

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