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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Most Americans Know About Opioid Antidote And Are Willing To Use It
Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen says the lack of knowledge among Americans at large isn't all that surprising.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Govans Branch Naloxone Training to be held September 12
Attend this free, public naloxone training to learn how to save a life from an opioid overdose.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Waverly Branch Naloxone Training to be held September 4
Baltimore City Health Department issued the following announcement on.Attend this free, public naloxone training to learn how to save a life from an opioid overdose.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Saving ACA, New Opioid Data, Women's Health at Risk
Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen is here to discuss some of the troubling new data on Maryland’s opioid problem, and some new efforts by Congressman Elijah Cummings and Senator Elizabeth Warren to help address it.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Code Red Extreme Heat Alert
“Heat is a silent killer and a public health threat, particularly for the young, the elderly and those with chronic medical conditions,” said Dr. Leana Wen.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Baltimore health officials, lawmakers say abortion politics threatens $1.4 million in funding for health clinics
Baltimore health clinics fear a proposed federal gag rule that would prohibit money from going to centers that perform or refer patients for abortions would undercut their ability to care for the city’s most vulnerable residents.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Congressional Roundtable on the Opioid Crisis
Dr. Leana Wen moderated a roundtable hosted by Representative Elijah E.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Brett Talks to Health Commissioner About Drug Overdosing Problems in Baltimore City
."We haven't seen the peak of this epidemic.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Pugh, other city officials urge comprehensive U.S. help on 'desperate' opioid issues
"Cummings and Warren, both Democrats, sought to use the forum — televised nationally by C-SPAN — to promote legislation that would provide $100 billion over 10 years for services to combat substance use disorders.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Dr. Leana Wen on the Opioid Crisis
Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Commissioner of Health, talked about challenges facing large cities like Baltimore in dealing with the opioid epidemic.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Planned Parenthood
Hear the story of someone who could feel the most impact if the proposed #TilteX changes go though, a client of one of our clinics: "I hope my daughters don’t have to live in a world where the leaders of the country don’t respect women.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Decisions about Medical Care should be based on Science, Not ideology
Note from the Commissioner, Dr. Leana Wen discusses how #TitleX regulations are basing medical care on ideology, instead of what it should be based on - science.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Attention Parents, Immunization Program
Summer is the perfect time to make sure your student is up to date with school immunization requirements.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMEN: Baltimore officials denounce proposed cuts to reproductive health centers under federal rule
The lawmakers said the Title X rule change will hurt access to all health services because the clinics also provide services such as cancer screenings, HIV testing and counseling and substance use and mental health screenings.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Baltimore City, Md. Congressional delegation fight proposed federal anti-abortion rule
Baltimore City's mayor and health commissioner were joined by the full force of the local Congressional delegation today in denouncing a move by the Trump administration which takes aim at health centers across the U.S.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Cummings and Warren
Promote legislation that would provide $100 billion over 10 years for services to combat substance use disorders.
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MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART: Notable Strategy & Research Award Core77 Design Awards 2018
HealthiAir In Fall 2016, an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate students at the Center for Social Design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) collaborated with Baltimore City Health Department’s Tobacco Free Baltimore initiative to address the impact of smoke exposure in the home.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: How the Government Can Lower Drug Prices
In Baltimore, the health commissioner, Dr. Leana Wen, uses a need-based algorithm to decide which emergency rooms, needle-exchange vans, E.M.T.s and opioid outreach workers receive the city’s limited supply of naloxone — and which don’t.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Maryland is in an Opioid Addiction Crisis; Here's What the Democratic Candidates for Governor Would do About it (Baltimore Sun)
Shortly after he was elected, Gov. Larry Hogan convened a high-level task force to address opioid addiction and overdoses in Maryland, and he eventually declared a state of emergency because of the problem.
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BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Public Health Heroes: The Baltimore City Health Department Hearing and Vision Team
The Baltimore City Health Department’s Hearing and Vision Team has provided 20,000 state-mandated hearing and vision screening services to students at first entry into Baltimore City Public Schools and during the 3rd and 8th grades.