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In December, Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Juul would pay another $7.8 million to the state. In January, Stein announced the launch of a searchable database of Juul documents that can be used by the public and researchers. The state is in the first full year of spending money from the settlement.
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2 years ago Read more at North Carolina Health News

House Education Committee has yet to hold a hearing on the bills. House Bills 4088-4100, the school safety and mental health package, are designed to organize a unified approach. The plan addresses specific problems identified by the bipartisan task force.
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2 years ago Read more at Michigan House Republicans

Colorado has taken steps to respond to this issue, including automatically renewing coverage for people with no income and giving people more time to reenroll. Colorado must work to successfully implement House Bill 1300, a 2023 law that requires the state’s Medicaid agency to take steps to keep all kids covered continuously between birth and age 3 by 2026.
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2 years ago Read more at The Colorado Sun

South Korea's government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital for threatening to resign. About 12,000 junior doctors in South Korea have been off the job for a month to protest a government plan to sharply increase medical school admissions. Officials say the plan is meant to add more doctors to deal with the country’s rapidly aging society, but doctors say universities can’t handle an abrupt, steep increase in the number of students.
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2 years ago Read more at WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

Students will examine topics from Taylor Swift to Public Health to Presidential Vote Photo Submitted Next semester, Honors College Forums bring star faculty and top administrators together with honors students to discuss timely topics. One of the courses is Public Health and You, where students will examine the various environmental, social and infectious hazards that surround us. The course will also provide key insights for students in a variety of majors who may go on to shape the public health in their communities.
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2 years ago Read more at University of Arkansas Newswire

Iron County emergency manager says I-15 has become a major drug corridor running right through southern Utah. For years, Colson has received the life-saving medication Narcan from the Southwest Utah Public Health Department. Recently, he found out that the funding for Narcan had run out in November. The Health Department no longer has an opioid program.
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2 years ago Read more at FOX 13 News Utah

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission released a statement on Tuesday in reference to a potential data breach that could affect 3,392 residents living in or close to the cities of Tyler, Texarkana, Longview, Marshall, Beaumont and Nacogdoches. According to the release, it was discovered that a staff member emailed spreadsheets containing sensitive health and personal information to their personal email account between September and October of 2023.
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2 years ago Read more at 12newsnow.com KBMT-KJAC

CT In-Person Information Prairie Hills Plaza Prairie Rose Rooms 1237 W Divide Ave (Door #2) Bismarck, ND 58501 Virtual Information Click here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams Join by telephone by calling (701) 328-0950, Conference ID: 229 253 688# Agenda SIS 2nd Edition & ICAP to SIS Transition Optumas onsite to present project overview, preliminary findings and next steps.
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2 years ago Read more at North Dakota State Government (.gov)

Judge Stephanie Burke spoke at the annual "Spirit of Peace' dinner hosted by NAMI Louisville; it's a group that supports people with mental illness. In 2019, she created the first program in Kentucky to provide court-ordered outpatient treatment. Burke said funding for mental health courts was cut in the current Kentucky House budget.
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2 years ago Read more at WHAS11.com

The future of the Portage County Health Care Center is still officially undecided. After a meeting tonight, committee members approved sending a letter of intent to sell to the County Board. There’s a nearly $2 million proposal from nursing home facility owner Sam Follman.
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2 years ago Read more at WSAW