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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are taking steps to increase transparency regarding food ingredients in the United States.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the cessation of placing unaccompanied alien children in shelters operated by Southwest Key Programs, Inc. All children previously housed there have been relocated to other...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a reorganization within its Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has determined that the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principals’ Association, and Greely High School are in violation of Title IX of the Education...
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The recent measles outbreak in Texas has raised significant concerns among health officials, as the number of confirmed cases has risen to 146 since late January 2025.
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has announced new funding for the Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot. This announcement coincides with National Diaper Need Awareness Week.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), has announced funding for the Transforming Antibiotic R&D with Generative AI to stop Emerging Threats (TARGET) project. This initiative aims to use artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery and development of new classes of antibiotics, addressing the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers, P.C., a privately-owned health care provider in Washington, over potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule. This follows an investigation into a ransomware attack on the provider.
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The Biden-Harris Administration has announced over $1.5 billion in State and Tribal Opioid Response grants for fiscal year 2024. The funds, distributed through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), are part of President Biden’s Unity Agenda and aim to support evidence-based treatments, recovery supports, and overdose prevention strategies.
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The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has begun routing cell phone calls based on the caller's approximate location rather than area code. This process, known as georouting, was initiated last week with two major U.S. wireless carriers that together account for about half of all wireless calls to 988. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Vibrant Emotional Health have collaborated with major U.S. cell phone carriers for over a year to improve call routing.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has announced nearly $75 million in funding to support health care services in rural America. This investment aims to launch new opioid treatment and recovery services, strengthen maternal health care in the South, and help rural hospitals remain operational.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), has announced measures to boost the supply of mpox vaccines. This move aligns with the U.S. Government's commitment to making over a million combined doses available globally. The initiative marks the largest international donation of JYNNEOS, a vaccine recently approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has officially adopted and released "Ending Homelessness Before It Starts: A Federal Homelessness Prevention Framework." Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) alongside other federal agencies within USICH, this framework marks a first at the federal level.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has announced a new grant program aimed at improving women's health coverage and access to critical health benefits. Nearly $9 million will be allocated to support women in 14 states and the District of Columbia.
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On September 19, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a $240 million investment to integrate mental health and substance use disorder treatment into primary care services at over 400 community health centers nationwide. These centers serve more than 10 million patients, including those who are uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in Medicaid.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) has announced the allocation of an additional $1.19 million through six cooperative agreements aimed at enhancing tribal and urban Indian health system capacities to provide dementia care and services. The total commitment for these new three-year awards amounts to nearly $3.6 million. This funding builds on previous initiatives from 2022 and 2023, with a focus on creating sustainable and replicable models of dementia care.
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As part of the Administration’s efforts, for the first time in the program’s nearly 40-year history, HRSA has awarded separate contracts to reform the organ procurement and transplant network. Multiple vendors will support improving quality and patient safety, modernizing IT, bolstering communications with patients, and more.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has announced nearly $100 million in awards aimed at growing, supporting, and strengthening the health workforce. This funding seeks to improve access to quality care in high-need areas across the United States. The announcement coincided with an HHS Health Workforce Roundtable held as part of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra’s Health Workforce Initiative.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP), announced two awards totaling $2 million under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health Information Technology (LEAP in Health IT) funding opportunity. The LEAP in Health IT awardees aim to create methods and tools to improve care delivery, advance research capabilities, and address emerging challenges related to interoperable health IT.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Administration for Community Living (ACL), has submitted a progress report to Congress on the federal implementation of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. The strategy outlines a vision, establishes goals, and provides recommendations to ensure family caregivers receive necessary support and resources. It includes commitments from 15 federal agencies to nearly 350 actions, most of which are either completed or in progress, with almost 40 new actions added since the strategy's release.