--- description: Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kathleen Sebelius ## Kathleen Sebelius Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. ## Kathleen Sebelius Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * ![Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare professionals hold placards on a picket line outside of Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Ore., on Jan. 13. The health care workers were picketing over what they said were critically low staffing levels.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8382def043d1234/698a3d87011682c6ec98318f/usa-nurses-staffing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Jun 5, 2023 ### [How to Solve the U.S. Nursing Shortage Crisis](https://time.com/6284104/nursing-shortage-crisis-immigration-reform/) Former U.S. Secretaries of Health Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius argue that to address the nursing ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![Silhouette of a pregnant African-American woman on a white background. The profile of a young woman with curly hair in a bump stands and holds her hands on her back. The concept of motherhood, pregnancy, back pain and childbirth.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5eef6c2b566f60b/698a3bf609208f5c4e41a437/Black-Pregnant-Mortality-Rate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Apr 13, 2023 ### [America's Approach to Birthing Care Must Change](https://time.com/6270915/black-mothers-childbirth-care-midwife/) Maternal mortality, particularly for Black mothers, is a national emergency, write Kathleen Sebelius... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kathleen-sebelius/","name":"Kathleen Sebelius"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kathleen-sebelius/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kathleen-sebelius/"},"name":"Kathleen Sebelius","jobTitle":null,"description":"Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014.","url":"https://time.com/author/kathleen-sebelius/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```