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Vermont Business Magazine The Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center received a $520,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Health to advance health equity in Vermont by expanding and supporting the profession of community health…

Kentucky lawmakers are consider an invoice to allow Medicaid to reimburse certified community health workers (CHWs).Proponents said it would help turn the tide for healthcare workers quit the job in the…

In Canada, only about eight percent of health research funding is devoted to women's health. Dr. Dawn Kingston, RN Aut., Ph.D., UCalgary Nursing,…

NEW CANAAN — In a letter to city officials, Leo Karl called for $1 million to be invested in health care from funds allocated to the city by the American Rescue Plan Act, a federal program whose the city received $6 million."I believe this…

Mental health has lost much of its stigma in recent years. Partly because many people are experiencing mental health crises due to COVID-19. Throughout the pandemic, young adults have shown increased symptoms of anxiety and depressive…

The use of telemedicine by CHCs predates the pandemic. Last month, CHC and its Weitzman Institute celebrated ten years of Project ECHO sessions, producing more than 1,500 ECHO sessions for more than 7,500 providers in every state across…

Manitoba teachers, bus drivers and all their colleagues in the K-12 school system can now visit a virtual one-stop-shop for mental health resources. Due to concerns about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the well-being of educators…

The new Middlesex County Community Health Team is an on-the-ground campaign that includes door-to-door, telephone and text messaging to provide information directly to residents at home on all available resources!-->!-->…

Middlesex County launches Community Health Team A county-wide initiative that will educate and publicize the health and wellness services offered by the county to residents MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - The Middlesex County Board of…

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GREENFIELD – The Franklin Regional Council of Governments on Wednesday outlined its priorities for the coming years with an update on the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), which focuses on Franklin County and the North Quabbin.This…

GREENFIELD – The Franklin Regional Council of Governments on Wednesday outlined its priorities for the coming years with an update on the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), which focuses on Franklin County and the North Quabbin.This…

(Junction City, KS) – The Konza Prairie Community Health Center is one of ten organizations in the state of Kansas to have received more than $1.7 million in Expand Reach grant funds for projects aimed at to address health equity and…

It is a beautiful period of life, stimulating and often devastating. As my trip to the University of Michigan draws to a close, I can't help but reflect on the ever-changing circumstances of our social, political, and economic…

Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, together with the German Society for International Development (GIZ), has launched a community health program to address health issues in the mining community.The intervention aims to build the economic and…

As the world continues to navigate one of the toughest health crises of our generation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and as we face the loss of more than 750,000 Americans (at press time) because of the coronavirus and the impact on…

WASHINGTON DC - As communities across the country battle the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Lisa Murkowski (R- AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the community…

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- China has played a major role in promoting world peace, public health and common development, a Cambodian official and experts have said.Cambodian government chief spokesperson!--repaste.body.begin-->…

LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced that Nancie…

As Canada continues to inject unprecedented resources into the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, some health experts want the federal government to have the same sense of urgency regarding the current HIV epidemic. /AIDS. The Community…

Waymark co-founders Rajaie Batniji (L) and Sanjay Basu (R). markup An almost every attending physician in low-income communities has encountered a diabetic patient that ends in an emergency room visit each month. At the…

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Sonoma Valley Sun A typical 17 year old is under a lot of pressure. They have many needs that must be met. » By Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Sun The pathways to seeking mental health care are increasingly…

By Matt Martinez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories about fifteen neighborhoods in the city of Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org.…

CHARLESTON, WV – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has sent a reminder to caregivers to use Help4WV's Child Crisis and Referral Line for children suffering from behavioral health issues during the…

As the winter holiday season continues and in the face of the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reminds all Maine residents, and especially to those who work in and…

COLORADO SPRINGS — State legislatures are investing heavily in the mental health of Coloradans. Right now they are deciding how to spend $450,000,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds.News5 spoke with Dr. Mark Mayfield, founder and CEO of…

December 11, 2021 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to present the Guidance in Elementary and Secondary Schools Actlegislation that would dramatically…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Officials at Sentara Healthcare say they are offering free mental and emotional health resources to doctors and medical providers in Virginia and North Carolina. The latest move is an extension of…

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) has added four new practice guidelines to the Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Compendium of best-in-class resources designed to help physicians and health systems create practices that…

GRAND RAPIDS — Business owners in the Monroe North neighborhood near downtown are anticipating an influx of business as about 1,200 employees are expected to work from Spectrum Health's planned an eight-storey office development. Spectrum…

GRAND RAPIDS — The eight-storey office tower Spectrum Health construction plans will bring major new redevelopment and hundreds of employees to the Monroe North neighborhood near downtown Grand Rapids. Spectrum Health aims to begin…

On July 30, 2020, the Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) Codes, Regulations and Legislation Committee and the full council met. PHHPC heard a report from Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the New York State Department of…

Bring back health planning We need a health system where the distribution of infrastructure and resources is not left to the dictates of the market, but planned rationally based on the needs of…