Washington Report Articles
The Office for Civil Rights issued a bulletin to highlight the obligations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 on covered entities and business associates when using online tracking technologies.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $245 million in Bipartisan Safer Communities Act funding to support the integration of mental health training into the training of primary care clinicians.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $13 million to bolster nursing education and training to grow the nursing workforce and improve access to nursing education.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released two new reports that illustrate the urgency of addressing skyrocketing prescription drug costs in the U.S.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the 2021 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which are now available through CDC's easy-to-use web-based tool.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative to help drive research and development.
Two million dollars in funding has been awarded to the American Academy of Pediatrics to establish a National Center of Excellence on Social Media and Mental Wellness.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide approximately $11 million to support the first U.S.-based fill and finish manufacturing of JYNNEOS, a vaccine approved to prevent smallpox and monkeypox.
HHS (through SAMHSA) announced a State Opioid Response (SOR) grant funding of nearly $1.5 billion to help address the nation’s opioid addiction and overdose epidemic.
HHS has launched the PandemicX 2022 cohort, a program to accelerate private-public collaboration of 15 health tech startups.
NIH has awarded approximately $577 million to establish nine Antiviral Drug Discovery Centers for Pathogens of Pandemic Concern.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Education Department have launched a joint-department effort to expand school-based health services.
