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The Highs and Lows of Health in the Virginias

Black Health Matters

Health in the Virginias Imagine living where mental health support is readily available, and community well-being is a top priority. Now, picture a neighboring state where mental health struggles are heightened and resources are scarce. Virginia’s Success in Health and Wellness Have you ever heard of Falls Church?

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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Maternal Health Task Force

Interested in a position in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child or adolescent health? Every month, the Maternal Health Task Force rounds up job and internship postings from around the globe.

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Vietnamese American Community in Santa Clara County Reckons with a Somber Milestone

County of Santa Clara

Now, a few decades later, she leads the County of Santa Clara's Vietnamese American Service Center (VASC) , a state-of-the-art facility in San Jose that provides a range of health and wellness services focused on the one of the largest Vietnamese American populations outside Vietnam, numbering roughly 100,000 people.

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Cobb and Douglas Public Health wants to expand services, but federal funding has grown more uncertain

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. Even within one of the wealthier municipalities in Georgia , Cobb County has pockets where the lack of health services concerns Lisa Crossman. All these factors, she believes, impact the ways South Cobb residents experience health.

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Older and disabled Medicaid recipients, advocates ‘extraordinarily worried’ about potential Medicaid cuts 

NC Health News

However, most of the Medicaid expansion population works already in low-wage jobs where health insurance is not offered. Meanwhile, the state spent more money on administrative costs to run the program than they did on health care expenses. Medicaid funds the health care of more than 3 million people in North Carolina.

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RFK Jr.’s federal health department cuts sow confusion, uncertainty and fear in North Carolina

NC Health News

By Rachel Crumpler, Rose Hoban, Taylor Knopf and Grace Vitaglione When federal health officials announced late last month what top officials called a “dramatic restructuring” of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Then came last weeks personnel cuts at federal health agencies.

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Threats to public health at every angle

Your Local Epidemiologist

Instead of an opportunity to evolve and press forward, public health is in survival mode. The Covid-19 aftermath is real This moment isn’t just about public health. This week, an $11 billion cut slashed local and state public health infrastructure. But this is not just any anniversary.