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Funding aims to curb increase in psychostimulant misuse and overdose deaths. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced nearly $15 million in…

Dr. Blake McLaughlin is a practicing OB-GYN with Banner Health who created the program. He spoke with KUNC’s Beau Baker about the pilot and the crisis in rural maternal care.Interview…

With $1.2 million in funding from the National Library of Medicine, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Clemson University will establish a new training program that aims to make future data…

The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing $55 million in funding for its Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) grant program. This program…

A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what?   Bounded by the Bitterroot…

TOPEKA, Kansas — More than half the counties in the state rely on 10 or fewer families to take in foster children.Roughly one-tenth of the counties in Kansas rely on one licensed foster home…

Start Preamble Administration for Children and Families, HHS.…

With Mental Health Awareness Month in May coinciding with the spring planting season, the Illinois Department of Agriculture is highlighting an initiative aimed at helping farmers cope with stress…

Rural hospitals are the lifeblood of their communities — providing jobs and economic impact, keeping people healthy mentally and physically — but they’ve had a tough time of it: staffing shortages, supply chain interruptions, the loss…

University of Rochester gathers innovators to evaluate barriers to substance use disorder care. Stemming the tide of the opioid crisis in rural communities requires taking action to overcome the stigma and health inequity that have…