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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Maternal Mental Health Hotline, OSDBU Virtual Conference & More
An official
email from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Latest U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services News Releases
Confidential Maternal Mental
Health Hotline
The Maternal
Mental Health Hotline is here to help, 24/7. Pregnant and new moms who
are experiencing mental health challenges can call or text 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS
(1-833-943-5746).
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, Health and
Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra delivered remarks at the second
Global COVID-19 Summit, co-hosted by the United States, Belize, Germany,
Indonesia, and Senegal.
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, Health and
Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra hosted the first in-person
meeting of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, at the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building in Washington, D.C.
Today at the second Global COVID-19
Summit, President Biden announced that the Biden-Harris administration,
through the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), has licensed 11
COVID-19 research tools and early-stage vaccine and diagnostic candidates
to the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) through the World Health
Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP).
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $5 million for
community health centers, funded by HHS’s Health Resources and Services
Administration, to increase equitable access to life-saving cancer
screenings.
WASHINGTON – Last week, during the first
week of Mental Health Awareness Month, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra traveled to the Pacific
Northwest to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s effort to tackle
the nation’s mental health crisis.
The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) awarded $16.3 million in grant funding to support 31
grantees to enhance and expand the telehealth infrastructure and capacity
of Title X family planning clinics in 26 states, one U.S. territory, and
one freely associated state.
The Indian Health Service is announcing
$5 million to target resources directly to tribes, tribal organizations,
urban Indian organizations, and IHS direct service facilities to address
Alzheimer’s disease within tribal communities.
The HHS OSDBU
Access to Success Small Business National Virtual Conference May
18-20, 2022 is open for any small business looking to
grow and expand by working directly with HHS.
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