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/ 2 years agoHHS Awards Over $1 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis
From January 2017 through August 2018, the amount of opioids prescribed in America has dropped by 21 percent.
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/ 2 years agoAbrams’ Medicaid expansion plan will require GOP help if elected governor
Abrams' healthcare plan includes Medicaid expansion, but Republican policy stands in the way.
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/ 2 years agoCDC provides new funds to battle the opioid overdose epidemic
CDC has awarded $155 million in new funding to states and four U.S. territories to advance the understanding of the opioid...
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/ 2 years agoGeorgia has 4th highest uninsured rate in nation, continues to rise
The U.S. Census Bureau reported last week that Georgia has the fourth highest uninsured rate in the nation after the most...
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/ 2 years agoReport: 121,965,000 on Government Health Insurance
13.6 million more people are enrolled in government health insurance programs now than they were in 2013, new reports say.
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/ 2 years agoUS Depart. of HHS awards $21M to support health center participation in NIH’s ‘All of Us’ research program
@21 million awarded to 46 community health centers to support their participation in the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of...
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/ 2 years agoCDC guidance to travelers as influenza season nears
Reports in the news media of airline passengers with influenza are a reminder that the influenza season in the United States...
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/ 2 years agoHeart disease and stroke deaths hitting middle age adults in large numbers
Despite being largely preventable, heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and other related conditions caused 2.2 million hospitalizations in 2016-- the most...
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/ 2 years agoUSDA Partners with HHS to Support Rural Communities Combating Opioid Misuse
"At the direction of President Trump, USDA has been keenly focused on addressing the opioid crisis in rural communities. "