The Hill

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The final rule, announced Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), removes the requirement that such transplants be conducted as part of clinical research. Since 2013, when the HIV Organ Procurement Equity (HOPE) Act was signed into law, HIV-positive organ transplants have been permitted in the U.S.

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NC Health News

MARCH 23, 2025

Between 2013 and 2023, nine hospitals in mostly rural counties completely eliminated labor and delivery service. Expanding the capabilities of the current workforce is another strategy: give family doctors and EMTs the opportunity to expand the scope of their practice. And keep them trained.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

After accounting for municipality-level sociodemographic and opioid prevention factors, the team observed a gradual and significant decrease—by an average of 16 percent per year—in opioid fatality rates in cities with pharmacies that implemented the naloxone standing order compared to cities that did not implement the standing order.

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Sheffield DPH

JANUARY 14, 2023

Evaluation of the national health inequalities strategy (1997 – 2010) [link] Fags, BP, To a lesser extent cholesterol (see Fig 5) More marked in male than female Cations wrt use of GBD Was a similar paper in BMJ a few yr back Different methods, same broad finding Investigating the impact of the English health inequalities strategy: time trend (..)

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Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

MARCH 14, 2025

Region IV Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi Julie Traylor Julie Traylor is the Director of Strategic Development for the Division of Family Health and Wellness at the Tennessee Department of Health, where she focuses on developing and implementing division-wide strategic initiatives.

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NC Health News

MARCH 19, 2025

CPP data analysis showed that smaller labor and delivery units those with less than six birthing rooms were more vulnerable to complete closure in North Carolina than larger ones between 2013 and 2023. Those rural hospitals just dont have access to the economies of scale that suburban or urban ones do. Their books are harder to balance.

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