HHS Extends Deadline for DSIIS Recommendations Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is extending the application deadline for the Deputy Secretary’s...

  Rhode Island to receive more than $3.7 million to assist victims, children, families, service providers and first responders WASHINGTON – On the first day of National Substance Abuse...

  Health Literacy TOOLKIT: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 10/01/2018 10:38 AM EDT Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the...

    Leading National Opioid Activist: Raimondo Should “Be Ashamed” for Taking Tainted Money Two leading activists — who gained national attention when their protest involving an 800...

Getting to Self-Sufficiency by Tackling Health and Financial Stability By:  Judy Sarasohn , HHS (Public Affairs) Summary: Goodwill NFP in Indiana is one of many initiatives across the nation funded...

    Healthy People Updates Providing Integrated Access to Health Services in Nashua, New Hampshire 09/27/2018 10:37 AM EDT From Healthy People 2020 Stories from the Field, a series...

    PDF of this issue In this report Children with Heart Conditions and Their Special Health Care Needs — United States, 2016  Meng-Yu Chen, MD; Tiffany Riehle-Colarusso, MD; Lorraine F....

  La importancia del hierro para la salud 09/26/2018 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Miércoles 26 de septiembre La importancia del hierro en la dieta El hierro es un...

  What’s the Best Way to Prevent the Flu? 09/26/2018 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. September 26, 2018 Fight the Flu The CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as...

  HHS awards $50 million to assist American Indian and Alaska Native tribal efforts combating the opioid overdose epidemic The Department of Health & Human Service’s Substance Abuse and...

  Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services “After a recent review of a contract between Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. and the Food and Drug Administration to provide...

  HHS Enlists MediWound to Develop Treatment for Sulfur Mustard Injury The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will work with MediWound Ltd.of Yavne, Israel, to develop a new...

  Community Health Centers Are Fighting on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis By:  George Sigounas MS, Ph.D. , Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration Summary: The...

    RIDOH and RIDEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Little Pond; Lift Restrictions for Georgiaville Pond The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of...

  Healing and Hope for Children After a Hurricane By:  Joshua Barnes , Acting Disaster Recovery Director, ASPR Summary: A year after Hurricane Maria, educators and others are seeing rays of...

HHS Sponsors Development of Intranasal Form of Long-acting Opioid Overdose Drug To help save lives in the current opioid epidemic or following a deliberate attack, the U.S. Department of Health and...

  A Year Later, Still Recovering from Trillion-Gallon Storms By:  Joshua Barnes , Acting Disaster Recovery Director, ASPR Summary: While the Carolinas grapple with the impact of Hurricane...

  Healthy People Updates Check Out the Access to Health Services Infographic from Healthy People 2020 09/20/2018 09:52 AM EDT Each month, we release an infographic with the latest data related...