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Eight Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Social Determinants of Health

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HUD can amend 24 CFR §982.553 to narrow public housing exclusions linked to drug use to situations in which a person’s use of illegal drugs is causing observable harm to the premises or the community, and tighten key definitions to better guide local public housing agencies. Code § 32) by making the tax credit monthly.

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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

Bill of Health

This disturbing health crisis is insidiously ingrained in the culture of corrections and surprisingly neglected in American public health scholarship. Indeed, legislators must heed this scholarship, not only for its potential benefit to inmates, but also for the welfare of the broader American public health.

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U.S. Virgin Islands Launches Health Data Interoperability Pilot

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CRISP Shared Services will help build the islands’ infrastructure for a health data utility (HDU) using federal funds from a number of federal health agencies. Why It Matters OHIT Director Michelle M. Why It Matters OHIT Director Michelle M.