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Podcast From Washington: Update on H5N1 and Local Health Department Pilot Program Addresses Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy

The NACCHO Podcast Series

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that local health departments connect individuals to testing if they observe an increase in sick animals and farmworkers, utilize CDC communication resources, and ensure that farms and farmworkers have access to PPE. For more information, visit www.naccho.org.

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Anxiety grows over telemedicine flexibility extension 

The Hill

Since 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have allowed physicians to prescribe schedule II to V controlled substances without in-person medical evaluations.

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How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers

KFF Health News

KFF Health News, partnering with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Shatterproof , a national nonprofit focused on addiction, undertook a yearlong investigation to find out. It’s the most comprehensive resource to date tracking some of the largest public health settlements in American history.