In 1990 Antonia Novello (born 1944) became the first female United States Surgeon General; she was also the first Hispanic in history to win the appointment to this nationally prominent government office. During her three-year term, Novello won praise...

Byline: erik engquist and anne michaud Health heads differ on HIV testing Efforts to remove legal barriers to routine HIV testing suffered a setback last week when state Health Commissioner Antonia Novello (left) endorsed existing laws requiring people who get tests...

Surgeon General asks brewers to lay low during Spring Break; Institute recognized In a recent letter to the Beer Institute, Surgeon General Dr. Antonia Novello recognized the beer industry's on-going efforts to combat alcohol abuse. In the same letter, however, Novello asked...

A blog called The Canonist has acquired a letter sent by the city's Health Commissioner, Thomas Frieden, to his counterpart on the state level, Antonia Novello, criticizing the state's protocol to prevent the transmission of herpes from mohels to infants. Frieden, who has circulated advisories...

Today is Thursday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2007. There are 130 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery....