Ground Beef Products Recalled The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling 132,606 pounds of ground beef products in connection...

    Surgeon General Releases Spotlight on Opioids Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids calls for a cultural shift in the way Americans talk about the...

  Got the Travel Bug? 09/19/2018 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. September 19, 2018 Plan Ahead for Healthy Travel Be prepared before you head off on your next vacation....

  ¿Cómo hacer más actividad física cada día? 09/19/2018 Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Miércoles 19 de septiembre 5 formas de hacer más ejercicio cada día...

  President Releases National Biodefense Strategy and National Security Presidential Memorandum The National Biodefense Strategy sets the course for the U.S. to combat the real and serious 21st...

  HHS Awards Over $1 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded over $1 billion in opioid-specific grants to help combat the crisis...

    Using Telemedicine to Combat the Opioid Epidemic By: Adm. Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health Summary: HHS has developed materials to help clarify how clinicians can...

  Manufacturing Plant in RI is Becoming the Center of the Opioid Debate Across the U.S. The billionaire family whose company is being sued by states and cities across the country for their role...

  Prevention Policy Matters Weekly Updates 09/17/2018 Weekly Updates Leveraging Laws and Policies to Help Achieve Healthy People 2020 Objectives 09/13/2018 12:25 PM EDT Law and policy are among...

    Keeping Faith: Bringing Hope and Healing in the Midst of the Opioid Crisis By:  Vice Adm. Jerome M. Adams M.D., M.P.H. , Surgeon General of the United States Summary: Surgeon General...

  RIDOH Accepting Laboratory Applications for Sampling and Testing Medical Marijuana As part of work to ensure patient safety, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is now accepting...

  A Survivor and a Responder: Hurricane Florence By: Lt. Cmdr. Michael Muni, U. S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Summary:  An officer in the Public Health Service writes about his...

  Strong social networks help to eliminate barriers to economic opportunity By: Clarence H. Carter, Director, Office of Family Assistance Summary: Circles USA and Open Table aims to boost the...

  OCR Issues Guidance to Help Ensure Equal Access to Emergency Services and the Appropriate Sharing of Medical Information During Hurricane Florence As Hurricane Florence makes landfall, the HHS...

  Healthy People Updates Leveraging Laws and Policies to Help Achieve Healthy People 2020 Objectives 09/13/2018 12:25 PM EDT Law and policy are among the most effective tools to improve health...

  PDF of this issue In this report Pain Awareness Month — September 2018 Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults — United States, 2016   (CE Available) James...

  A Collaborative Patient-Focused Approach to Cure Sickle Cell Disease By: Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Summary:...

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  HHS Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergency in Virginia Due to Hurricane Florence Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar today declared a public health emergency in Virginia...