Health and Human Services

An advertisement being shown in a movie theater and headed to social media uses artificial intelligence to depict three people under the age of 25 who died from fentanyl overdoses. It was created by the city and partners.

After guiding the Texas county through the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Philip Huang, its health director, pushed for collaboration and long-term strategies to prepare for future crises. Data modernization proved to be crucial.

The city’s Chamber of Commerce will host the session this week, examining using the unmanned aircraft to deliver medical supplies and vital health-care services. The endeavor will include partners in health-care and education.

A new mobile notification system in Somerset County lets 911 officials notify people nearby who may be able to help. A $25,000 grant from the 1889 Foundation funded the system, but the app is free for people to download.

With this new legislation, California becomes the second U.S. state to officially recognize the importance of mental privacy in state law, doing so by amending the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

Jobs and Hope West Virginia, a state program created to respond to the substance use disorder crisis, uses technology to support residents in their paths to recovery, sustainable employment and re-entering society.

As AI evolves, government must do so as well to effectively leverage the technology for improved service delivery, attendees said at the yearly Digital Benefits Conference. Accurate data is essential to make AI-powered systems work as designed for government.

Two U.S. senators and a member of the House of Representatives have reached out to large landlords regarding their use of the software. Questions include whether it is in use; one company has denied using it.

Sims Metal has more than 200 facilities throughout the U.S. and operates in over 15 countries, and its Chesapeake facility now features some of the latest and greatest technology in recycling.

Carbon capture, no small matter in North Dakota, is also one of considerable discussion. A new state website that debuted last month is part of a $300,000 marketing and education program on carbon dioxide capture and storage.

The agency has reopened phone lines on Mondays and said it has made headway on matters that have held up jobless claims and paid leave benefits. The department went live earlier this year with a new $106 million computer system.

Lehigh Valley Health Network has announced a tentative agreement to pay $65 million to those affected by a data breach last year, following a lawsuit that originally focused on photos of cancer patients.

Moss Street Elementary in Reidsville was the first school in Rockingham County to implement Cone Health’s new School-Based Telehealth program when classes began Monday.

A team at the Office of the Attorney General built a search solution to help child support field case workers with a major pain point — time-consuming research. The result demonstrates the “art of the possible.”

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University have recently been awarded a federal grant to support research of a device to measure lung health using a smartphone.

The project, which is called UnDisruptable27, wants society to prepare for near-future geopolitical conflicts in which cyber attacks are aimed at Americans’ access to water, medical care, power and food.

The Minnesota-based group has begun sending letters to patients whose information may have been accessed during a large cyber attack in February. The attack may have impacted data from as many as 1 in 3 Americans.

A few months into Baltimore County Public Schools' two-year contract with the virtual therapy app Talkspace, about 69 percent of surveyed students said they rated their therapists at least 4 out of 5 stars.