TABLE OF CONTENTS 2020

Foreword

• ​​Secretary Azar Statement on Confirmation of Stephen Hahn as FDA Commissioner

Special Features

• ​Surgeon General Releases First Report Focused on Smoking Cessation in 30 Years
• Public Health Centers Awarded additional $107 Million to Support Health Center Quality Improvement
• HHS awards $20 million to 27 organizations to increase the rural workforce through the creation of new rural residency programs
• ​HHS Awards More than $50 Million to Establish New Health Center Sites​

Addiction​

• State of the Opioid Abuse and Overdose Crisis in America
• HHS releases additional $487 million to states, territories to expand access to effective opioid treatment; 2019 SOR grants will total $1.4 billion
• The NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator
  
• HHS Awards $16 Million to Help Primary Care Practices Address Patients’ Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Audiology

• Dr. Debara Tucci named new Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• HHS OCR Secures Voluntary Resolution with CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System to Strengthen its Provision of Auxiliary Aids and Services to Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  

Cardiology​

• Moderate or Severe Sleep Apnea Doubles Risk of Hard-to-Treat Hypertension in African-Americans
• NIH Researchers Available to Discuss Latest Findings from Landmark Study of Hispanic/Latino Health
• Excellence in Hypertension Control in a Rural Setting
• Native American Women and Heart Health

​Dermatology

• Researchers find cause of new autoinflammatory disease​
• Researchers Unearth Community of Viruses on Skin of People with Rare Disease
• What’s new on the horizon for scleroderma?

​Emergency Medicine

• Transforming Containers into Modern Medical Clinics
• Treatment guidelines improve survival of people with severe head injury

Endocrinology

• Making a difference to reduce kidney failure from Diabetes in Native Americans
• State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors, and Promote School Health
• Celebrating 70 Years of The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Epidemiology

• NIH Seeking Input on Tickborne Disease Research Priorities
• Non-Toxic Lice Treatments

​Gastroenterology

• ​Bariatric Surgery for Teens with Severe Obesity Study: Teen-LABS

Infection Prevention

• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) for Healthcare Providers
• Get Ahead of Sepsis: Knowing the Risks, Spotting the Signs, and Acting Fast

Infectious Diseases

• NIH Bolsters Funding for HIV Implementation Research in High-Burden U.S. Areas
• Trump Administration Awards $1 Million in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grants to Counties
• HHS Awards $2.27 Billion in Grants to Help Americans Access HIV/AIDS Care, Support Services, and Medication
• ​​Indian Health Service highlights initiative to eliminate hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS in Indian Country
• IHS and Cherokee Nation Launch New HIV Pilot Project
• Center of Excellence at Phoenix Indian Medical Center Achieving Excellence in HIV and HCV Care
• Indian Health Service highlights Hepatitis Awareness Month
• NIH Statement on World Tuberculosis Day
• Trends in Human Rabies Deaths and Exposures, United States, 1938–2018
• Rabies: One of the World’s Oldest and Deadliest Threats to Military Soldiers

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health

• ​Four IHS hospitals complete Baby-Friendly re-designation
• IHS and AAP Release Clinical Recommendations to Improve Care of American Indian, Alaska Native Women and Infants Impacted By Prenatal Opioid Exposure

Oral Health

• IHS Introduces Recommendations for Management of Acute Dental Pain
• Recognizing the CDC Dental Public Health Residency Program

Pulmonology

• Breathing easier meeting addresses implementation, tracking of the COPD National Action Plan

Women's Health

• $3M Awarded to Support Prevention and Screening of IPV and HIV

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