Health and Human Services

The state of Pennsylvania has announced the addition of select resources to the electronic Power Library, providing constituents with tools to learn new languages, learn about their heritage and more.

The breach affected more than half of the data held by state’s Department of Health and Human Services, as well as data from other agencies. The incident affects 1.3 million people, in some cases exposing Social Security numbers.

Harris County officials are investigating the extent of a recent ransomware attack on the county's provider for mental health services. They noted that some employee files have become inaccessible because of encryption.

Although several uses of artificial intelligence in mental health are showing some success, experts say the jury is still out on the technology’s capabilities for more extensive use.

Dallas County Health and Human Services is continuing to enhance the public health platform that it centralized several years ago to monitor and improve the health of county residents and prepare for any future health crises.

CISA and partners announced a toolkit bringing together advice and other resources to help health care and public health organizations improve their cyber postures.

The funds will be awarded to the Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies over the next five years to support inventors developing microsystems-based point-of-care technologies.

The EPA wants to help communities figure out just how much pollution people are breathing, with a focus on disproportionately impacted communities near industrial zones and interstates.

The COVID pandemic seemed to worsen teens’ and adolescents’ mental health, according to several recent studies, but new research shows that telehealth may give many more kids access to support.

Students are playing a key role in tweaking a mobile app that offers 24/7 advice, reassurances, and links to activities or informational videos for teens, and it's relieving some overworked school counselors.

A recent report argued there was a need for greater data transparency to effectively measure the impact of a King County, Wash., program aimed at helping people experiencing homelessness gain access to housing.

A computer scientist at the University of Maine is working on an interactive tool to collect data on forever chemicals, note potential impacts on food and water supplies, and map out how they travel through environments.

In June, the University of Texas system launched a partnership with TimelyCare to offer free, virtual mental health support to students at all 14 UT institutions, accessible on phones and devices through a free app.

We run down a list of some of the government actions taking place for the week. Plus, Kansas releases its broadband digital equity plan for public comment, and a research program seeks to advance health equity.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is bridging barriers to mental health resources surrounding suicide through a digitized strategy fusing chat and text connectivity, alongside online training for community leaders.

A new state law that went into effect Sept. 1 requires all emergency medical responders to report drug overdose information to local health authorities, who then feed the data into a software program that maps it.

Virtual reality has had a mixed reception in higher education, but few applications have caught on more than in nursing and health-care fields, where the technology is giving students practice with high-risk scenarios.

OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center in Illinois is advising school personnel and parents that they need to teach students about social media and how to develop a healthy sense of self-worth and resilience.