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Pictures of health: Photos help East Point show community’s challenges, but also joys

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Can a photograph improve public health? A recent exhibit at the city’s Arts Xchange shared photos and comments illustrating how the people of East Point view health in their community. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Scathing audit for N.C. oversight of nursing homes

NC Health News

by Lucas Thomae and Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press State oversight of nursing homes received a scathing performance audit, released on Wednesday. The DHHS Division of Health Service Regulations role is to routinely inspect those nursing homes and investigate complaints involving them. In 2018, the U.S.

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12 States Promised To Open the Books on Their Opioid Settlement Funds. We Checked Up on Them.

KFF Health News

To discover how millions in opioid settlement funds are being spent in Idaho, you can visit the state attorney general’s website , which hosts 91 documents from state and local entities getting the money. Public Health District No. Cracking that code requires a separate document. The other 38 states promised less.)