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202-205-0143 ashmedia@hhs.gov. HHS Announces $68.5 Million for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Opportunities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding more than $68.5 million through cooperative agreements in 29 states and Puerto Rico to support the evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program.
In 2021, 86,146 infants born (or 2.3% of all infants born in the U.S.) were conceived through the use of ART. IVF enables individuals who use fertility preservation services to save their eggs, sperm, or reproductive tissues to have children at a later time. In 2018, over 69% of the 120,000 individuals of reproductive age diagnosed with cancer ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2023. Contact: ASH Media. 202-205-0143 ashmedia@hhs.gov. HHS Awards $23 Million to Support Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), is announcing approximately $23 million in funding to foster ...
Latest Actions by Biden-Harris Administration to Protect and Expand Access to Reproductive Health Care. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), announced more than $6 million for Title X Family Planning Research grants, Research-to-Practice Center grants, and Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Evaluation and Research grants as ...
Ultimately, the process led us to the new name and four weekly themes for this year’s observance: Week 1: Empower youth with sexual and reproductive health information and services. Week 2: Support mental health and well being. Week 3: Encourage physical health and healthy decision-making. Week 4: Sustain equitable, accessible, youth-friendly ...
States expanding postpartum coverage is especially crucial in light of the recent release of maternal mortality rates, which show that, in 2021, 1,205 women died of maternal causes in the United States, compared with 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019. One in three pregnancy-related deaths occur between six weeks and one year after childbirth. The ...
202-205-0143 ashmedia@hhs.gov. One Year of Action: HHS’s Efforts to Flatten the Curve of the Syphilis Surge. In the year since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established the National Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis Syndemic Federal Task Force in September 2023, the cross-agency effort is working to reduce the cases of ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proud of the work done by the Task Force on Maternal Mental Health, building on the White House Blueprint on Maternal Mental Health and the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, to develop and deliver recommendations to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Advisory Committee for Women’s ...
$65 million to health centers this past year to address the maternal health crisis and help enable healthier pregnancy and postpartum outcomes for all. $8 million to grow the maternity care workforce and expand access to care by supporting nurse midwifery programs at 10 universities through our MatCare program.
rates are low; and • Identifies gaps in the availability and utilization of programs, policies, and resources that can improve cessation rates and help smokers quit. Although the benefits of quitting are greater the earlier in life that an individual quits, this report confirms that it is never too late to quit smoking.