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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. President Biden endorsed the DOJ’s move in a video posted on X on May 16. Although the change will ...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers. Officially, the prime minister is appointed by the governor general of Canada, but by constitutional ...
One of the executive orders Trump signed related directly to importing insulin from Canada. This policy initiative was first announced in 2019 by HHS Secretary Alex Azar (who happened to have led ...
The United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief ( PEPFAR) is a United States governmental initiative to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003, as of May 2020, PEPFAR has provided about $90 billion in cumulative funding for ...
President Joe Biden directed a review of how marijuana is classified in 2022. Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services recommended that it be rescheduled to Schedule III.
Hamilton Health Sciences ( HHS) is a hospital network of seven hospitals and a cancer centre serving Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In 2018 it was ranked 3rd in Canada on Research Infosource's Top 40 Hospitals in Canada list. [1]
Stigma and drug treament. One looming barrier remains for addiction treatment: stigma. Hirchak says that while telehealth expansion is promising when it comes to medications for opioid use ...