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New York City Teens Connection: a Personal Reflection on Positive Youth Development

Fund for Public Health NYC

FPHNYC is proud to have secured a new fourth round of HHS funding for the NYC Health Department’s New York City Teens Connection (NYCTC). They were the program leader for Curtis High School Teen Health Promoters Club. They encouraged us to apply as a way to build on our knowledge and interest in teen sexual health.

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February 13, 2025

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Regional Directors for: Region I[CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT] Region VI [AR, LA, NM, OK, TX] Region IX [AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PW] Region X[AK, ID, OR, WA] These full-term regional director positions are only open to current delegates for each region to serve from March 2025 to the close of the 2028 AMCHP Annual Conference.

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Norovirus, Covid-19 variant, measles, WV food dye ban, and USDA Local Food cuts

Your Local Epidemiologist

Here’s the public health news you can use to start your week. The vast majority of cases are in unvaccinated, school-aged children. Unfortunately, this will unlikely make a meaningful impact without addressing deeper issues such as access to nutritious food, affordable healthcare, and investing in public health infrastructure.

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Defining the direct care workforce is first step to strengthening it

NC Health News

By Grace Vitaglione Diondre Clarke, 60, started working as a direct care worker in home health care in 2013. Besides higher wages, direct care workers also need benefits like health insurance, as well as more training and support, she said. Is it someone who works in home health, or also in facilities such as nursing homes?

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For Medicare members, the Inflation Reduction Act cuts drug costs, spreads out payments

Association of Health Care Journalists

The negotiated prices will be in effect for certain Part D medications in 2026 and for Part B drugs in 2028, according to this report from KFF. Once the Trump administration takes office in January, health care journalists will need to watch whether Congress will move to eliminate or cripple the most significant IRA provision. “I