by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
According to a new Lancet study, up to 18.2 million people likely died because of COVID-19 in the pandemic’s first two years, roughly three times more than the official death toll. The study points to a lack of testing and unreliable mortality data in some...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden nominated agency veteran Roselyn Tso to lead the Indian Health Services. Tso began her career with the Indian Health Service in 1984 and most recently served as director of the agency’s Navajo region. The agency, which provides health care for more...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | D.C. News
The House passed a $1.5 trillion spending package, as well as a four-day stopgap measure to extend current funding levels through March 15 and ensure there’s no lapse in appropriations. Of note, the bill provides a 12 percent increase in the HHS budget that earmarks...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | Mental Health
HHS announced it allocated nearly $35 million in funding opportunities for community mental health services and suicide prevention programs for children and young adults. The funding – which has been made available through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A judge approved a new $6 billion settlement between the Sackler family and dozens of local governments that accused Purdue Pharma of fueling the opioid crisis, overruling objections from the Department of Justice and 20 states. The deal, which replaces an earlier...
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