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HHS: HHS Announces $68.5 Million for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Opportunities
HHS awards $68.5 million through cooperative agreements in 29 states and Puerto Rico for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program.
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HHS: HHS Hosts Pride Summit and Celebrates Pride month
HHS plans to issue a Behavioral Health Care Advisory on Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth for mental health providers.
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HHS: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Public-Private Partnership to Expand Access to Contraceptive Care
HHS and Upstream announce Public-Private Partnership to expand access to contraception and reduce women’s health disparities.
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HHS: HHS Study Shows In-hospital Delivery-related Maternal Death Rates Decreased More than Half from 2008 to 2021
HHS: In-hospital maternal mortality rates dropped 57% from 2008 to 2021, despite identified increases in severe maternal morbidity (SMM).
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HHS: HHS Issues Advisory on Mental Health Symptoms and Conditions Related to Long COVID
Long COVID can impact mental health due to chronic illness, social isolation, financial insecurity, caregiver burnout, and grief.
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HHS: ACL Proposes Update to Older Americans Act Program Regulations
HHS Administration for Community Living (ACL) is proposing updates to the regulations for its Older Americans Act (OAA) programs.
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HHS: HHS Announces Nearly $9 Million to Increase the Number of Substance Use Disorder Clinicians in Underserved Communities
20 grantees will use the funding to train healthcare providers to offer mental health and substance use services in underserved, rural areas
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HHS: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New York’s Medicaid and CHIP Postpartum Coverage Expansion; 35 States & D.C. Now Offer Full Year of Coverage After Pregnancy
New York becomes the 35th state with approved extended coverage, increasing eligible Medicaid recipients in the state by 26,000.
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HHS: HHS Takes Additional Action to Keep People Covered as States Resume Medicaid, CHIP Renewals
HHS Secretary Becerra emphasized the importance of ensuring children and families don’t lose coverage due to administrative complexities.
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HHS: Letter to U.S. Governors from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Medicaid Redeterminations
The letter is addressing the issue of people losing their Medicaid coverage due to administrative processes.
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HHS: HHS and the American Society of Nephrology Announce Winners of $9.2 Million Artificial Kidney Prize Phase 2 at KidneyX Summit
The competition recognized innovative bioartificial kidney development approaches. 850 million people globally suffer from kidney diseases.
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HHS: FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Tools to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Low-Income Seniors and People with Disabilities
The Extra Help program, set to expand in 2024, aims to lower prescription drug costs for low-income people with Medicare.
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HHS: HHS Announces New $15 Million Loan Repayment Program to Strengthen the Pediatric Health Care Workforce
The Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program is aimed at recruiting and retaining health care providers for children and adolescents.
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HHS: Biden Administration Announces Savings on 43 Prescription Drugs as Part of Cost-Saving Measures Under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act
HHS has released a list of 43 prescription drugs that may have lower coinsurances for Medicare Part B beneficiaries
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HHS: HHS Releases First-Ever STI Federal Implementation Plan
STIs in the US dramatically increased between 2020-2021, with over 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported.
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HHS: HHS Publishes National Model Standards for Substance Use, Mental Health, and Family Peer Worker Certifications
The national standards aim to fully incorporate the peer workforce into all facets of the healthcare system.
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HHS: In Newly Released Audit Report, HHS Announces New Accountability Team, Additional Efforts to Protect the Safety and Well-being of Unaccompanied Children
HHS announced additional efforts to enhance child safety, including Program Accountability team to assess, address child exploitation risks.
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HHS: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency for Guam in Response to Typhoon Mawar
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) for Guam due to Typhoon Mawar.
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HHS: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $65 Million to Strengthen Hurricane Response and Emergency Preparedness at Health Centers
The “Capital Assistance for Hurricane Response and Recovery Efforts” targets health centers in communities often impacted by disasters
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HHS: HHS Awards Funding to States, Tribes, and College Campuses to Help Prevent Youth Suicide, Part of the Biden-Harris Commitment to Addressing the Mental Health Crisis
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded $5.9 million for youth suicide prevention programs.