Health and Human Services

Anxiety, depression, stress and other mental health issues have been on an upward trend in K-12, and software tools that provide a holistic view of a student’s physical and mental health could be part of addressing it.

Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services is partnering with AWS on tech challenge events in which participants use an open-source sandbox to create health-care solutions that support data interoperability.

A partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center allows 440,000 K-12 students to get medical attention online for minor illnesses or mental health issues while public schools are out of session.

Existing data gaps related to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community must be understood and addressed in order for government agencies to equitably serve the needs of constituents regardless of identity.

The South Dakota Department of Health has a new system to improve immunization coverage throughout the state. The platform allows health-care providers to securely track records and identify areas in need of attention.

Using federal funds intended to help schools reopen safely after COVID-19, Utah has put energy-efficient air purifiers in 60 percent of its schools and 55 percent of its state-certified day care centers since last fall.

Spurred by growing community concerns about student mental health, a program at AOS 90 places health workers in schools who can connect students to both in-person and remote therapy services.

In response to high employee turnover, Chula Vista Elementary School District has enlisted its student health-care provider to also offer counseling sessions to all 3,000 of its staff and faculty members.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced a partnership with the mental health platform Uwill to provide round-the-clock virtual services to students at 44 higher-education institutions, both private and public.

A federal agency has awarded $2.1 million to a pair of companies to use AI algorithms to monitor the quality of 988 operators' suicide risk assessments, building on the crisis hotline's rollout nationwide one year ago.

Health officials are focusing on how telehealth technology is transforming childhood mental health treatment, while also bridging the gap between mental health care, underserved populations and addiction treatment.

May 3 was the deadline for independent health-care providers to register with Connie, Connecticut's Health Information Exchange. But at the 11th hour, some are sounding alarms.

Santa Clara County, Calif., is turning to drones to spray larvicide in non-residential areas. Recent wet weather has created the ideal conditions for a booming year for mosquitos and vector-borne diseases.

In Marin County, Calif., technology is being used to analyze wastewater samples to provide health officials with a population-level perspective of drug use. That data is shaping response and intervention efforts.

Santa Clara Family Health Plan said Monday that the sensitive information of 276,993 members — including names, contact information, dates of birth, member IDs and Medi-Cal credentials — may have been compromised.

There are some policymakers, politicians and media pundits who can’t understand why low-income people who don’t have a certain technology will turn down the technology, even when it’s free. But one thing low-income folks learn, often from a young age, is that “free” comes with a cost.

Apple Inc. is working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service and new technology for tracking emotions, its latest attempt to lock in users with health and wellness features.

Across the city of San Francisco government, teams are working in collaborative ways to improve accessibility to government services and resources to better support people with disabilities.