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June 2021

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HHS Provides $424.7 Million to Rural Health Clinics for COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation in Rural Communities

June 11, 2021
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NIH leaders detail commitment to end structural racism in biomedical science

June 10, 2021
NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy

U.S. Surgeon General on Emotional Well-Being and Fighting the Opioid Epidemic

June 10, 2021
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NIH-funded study tests “one-stop” mobile clinics to deliver HIV, substance use care

June 09, 2021
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How COVID-19 variants evade immune response

June 08, 2021
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VA’s Rapid Naloxone Initiative recognized in fight against opioid overdose deaths

June 08, 2021
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CDC COVID-19 Study Shows mRNA Vaccines Reduce Risk of Infection by 91 Percent for Fully Vaccinated People

June 07, 2021
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Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on 40 years since CDC published its first report on HIV in the United States

June 03, 2021
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Keep Your Patients Healthy Throughout Adulthood by Improving Nutrition

June 02, 2021
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Healthy diet before and during pregnancy linked to lower risk of complications, NIH study suggests

June 02, 2021
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Readout of the Fourth Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force Meeting

June 02, 2021
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NIH launches study to determine best time for gestational diabetes screening

June 01, 2021
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NIH clinical trial evaluating mixed COVID-19 vaccine schedules begins

June 01, 2021
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HHS Launches First Venture Capital Partnership to Develop Transformative Technologies to Combat Future Pandemics, Other Health Emergencies

June 01, 2021
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Study: Extra fat around the heart is associated with an increased risk for heart failure

June 01, 2021

May 2021

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Open, expressive family life may reduce effects of social deprivation among adopted children

May 28, 2021
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Blood pressure interventions at barbershops prove cost effective

May 28, 2021
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Hopeful signs of progress in HIV prevention, but gains remain uneven

May 27, 2021
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Parks not only safe, but essential during the pandemic

May 27, 2021
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Advancing AANHOPI Health Equity Practices

May 26, 2021