Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes of Health funds $945 million in research to tackle the national opioid crisis through NIH heal initiative

To reverse the opioid crisis that continues to grip the nation, the National Institutes of Health has awarded $945 million in total fiscal year 2019 funding for grants, contracts and cooperative agreements <https://heal.nih.gov/funding/awarded> across 41 states through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative or NIH HEAL Initiative <https://heal.nih.gov/>. The

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Rep. Hesselbein” Visits Octopi Brewing for craft brewery day

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THU News Summary: New bills seek to combat suicide in Wisconsin

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Department of Health and Human Services: Study assesses asthma treatment options in African American children and adults

A new study of African Americans with poorly controlled asthma, found differences in patients’ responses to commonly used treatments. Contrary to what researchers had expected, almost half of young children in the study responded differently than older children and adults, and than white children in prior studies. “We shouldn’t assume

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