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January 2023

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SAMHSA Announces Funding Opportunities for Grants Addressing Substance Misuse, Substance Use Disorder Treatment on Multiple Fronts

January 13, 2023
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FDA Releases New Ads, including First Focused on Mental Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking among Youth

January 10, 2023
Researchers have been working to develop a blood test that could detect Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms emerge and enable early treatments.

Blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection

January 10, 2023
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HHS Awards Nearly $245 Million to Support Youth Mental Health and Help the Health Care Workforce Meet Families’ Mental Health Needs

January 09, 2023
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment

January 06, 2023
Home Test to Treat Program, Powered By eMed. Above the “o” in “Home,” there is a simple illustration of a roof and chimney.

NIH launches Home Test to Treat, a pilot COVID-19 telehealth program

January 05, 2023
Mini–kidney tube structures have sugar receptors (red, upper left) and form outward-facing polycystic kidney disease cysts (center image), which swell by taking in sugar (green, lower right).

New 3-D model offers insights into the role of glucose in a deadly kidney disease

January 05, 2023
illustration with yellow background and black viruses floating along with an open door in the background blowing in breeze and a floating clock and masks

Keeping indoor humidity levels at a "sweet spot" may reduce spread of COVID-19

January 05, 2023
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SAMHSA Announces National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Results Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels in 2021

January 04, 2023
National Institutes of Health

COVID-19 vaccine for children after MIS-C appears safe

January 03, 2023
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Good hydration linked to healthy aging

January 03, 2023

December 2022

Left frame: Normally, tumor cells (purple) evade the immune system’s T cells (pink) by expressing a checkpoint protein known as PD-L1. Right frame: Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) binds to PD-L1 and blocks it from binding to another checkpoint protein, PD-1. This helps T cells regain their ability to kill tumor cells.

NIH clinical trial leads to atezolizumab approval for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma

December 28, 2022
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FDA Approves New HIV Drug for Adults with Limited Treatment Options

December 22, 2022
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HHS Emphasizes Addressing Disparities and Risk Reduction for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

December 19, 2022
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FDA Provides Update on External Evaluation to Strengthen Agency’s Tobacco Program

December 19, 2022
Close-up of a person's hands holding a red bag with a box of naloxone nasal spray inside.

NIH launches harm reduction research network to prevent overdose fatalities

December 16, 2022
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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for the Treatment of High-Risk, Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

December 16, 2022
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HHS Awards More Than $130 Million in 988 Lifeline Grants From the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to Address Nation’s Ongoing Mental Health and Substance Use Crises

December 16, 2022
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Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion on Extended Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity

December 15, 2022
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Most reported substance use among adolescents held steady in 2022

December 15, 2022