Texas A&M, Lurie Children’s Hospital awarded $7.4 million grant to boost adolescent health

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) -The federal government is working to enhance the health and well-being of young adults nationwide. Texas A&M University is one of several organizations recently awarded millions…

Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Sept. 14-21) – Orange County Register

Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Sept. 14 to Sept. 21. Brick, 216 N. El Camino Real, San…

Salem health board makes shifts in personnel statuses | News, Sports, Jobs

SALEM–The health board approved several personnel shifts in its meeting Wednesday. The meeting saw three positions filled following an executive session which lasted over an hour. Chelsea Clark…

CT Department of Health urges residents to order free at-home COVID tests – NBC Connecticut

The state Department of Public Health is encouraging residents to order free at-home COVID-19 test kits when the federal government makes them available again next week. This comes after the…

State budget heavy on health care spending

By Anne Blythe and Rose Hoban It almost seemed anti-climatic Thursday afternoon and early Friday morning when lawmakers voted on the nearly $30 billion state budget.  The spending plan —…

Nearly 500,000 in U.S. Will Regain Medicaid Coverage After State Errors

Nearly 500,000 people, many of them children, will keep Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage after state officials discovered major errors in their procedures for reviewing program eligibility, federal…

Exhibit at Patriot Place raising awareness about mental health and suicide – Boston 25 News

FOXBORO, Mass — September is Suicide Prevention Month and as it wraps up an exhibit is opening at Patriot Place to raise awareness about mental health and suicide. ‘Send Silence…

Victor Fuchs, a pioneer of health-care economics, dies at 99

Victor Fuchs, a pioneering Stanford University economist who sought to explain why Americans don’t live longer, healthier lives despite spending a fortune on health care, died Sept. 16 at his…

A new mental health program is headed to Hampton University

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — A new program will bring access to mental health facilities and resources to Black women at Hampton University. The “She Care Wellness Pods” program is a…

As Princeton expands, mental health care contracts

Although students often discuss prioritizing mental health care at Princeton, they may not know that doing so currently is almost impossible. The gap between potential demand for counseling or therapy…