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About 40% of U.S. adults were obese in 2015-2016, up from 34% in 2007-2008.
President Trump today signed into law an omnibus appropriations bill funding federal discretionary programs through September.
The National Academy of Medicine today launched the Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub, an online repository of resources to help health system leaders, clinicians and trainees combat clinician burnout.
The $1.3 trillion bill, released last night after an agreement by congressional leaders and the White House, includes $88.1 billion for Department of Health and Human Services programs, a $10.1 billion increase from fiscal year 2017.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that would exempt states with an overall Medicaid managed care penetration rate of 85% or more from most access-to-care monitoring requirements, such as requirements to analyze certain data and monitor access in fee-for-…
Redfield is an AIDS researcher who oversees a program providing HIV care and treatment to Baltimore-area patients, and is professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today opened a two-day hearing on 25 bills designed to address the opioid crisis.
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee is holding a hearing this afternoon on implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, which features witnesses from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will award Massachusetts, New Hampshire and West Virginia $333,000 each in additional funding to bolster their opioid prevention, treatment and recovery efforts.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., touted “better health through better partnership” in a speech last week at the AHA’s Association for Community Health Improvement conference.