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Cross-posted from HHS.gov/blog By: Adm. Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health and Dorothy Fink, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health Summary: While we often think of chocolate hearts at this time of the year, there is another heart that should be on our minds – the...

ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D., HHS Assistant Secretary for Health, welcomes Dr. Dorothy Fink as the new Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health and Director of the Office on Women’s Health. Dr. Fink brings extensive experience treating women’s health issues to the Office on Women’s Health. She is...

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recently released a recommendation for interventions that aim to prevent or reduce intimate partner violence (dating violence) and sexual violence among youth. This recommendation is based on a systematic review of 28 studies. The findings showed...

As part of the administration's efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women's Health (OWH) made four additional awards to the 16 that were announced in July 2017. Like the previous awards, the four new awards go to public and private...

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) released the Final Report: Opioid Use, Misuse, and Overdose in Women. The report examines the prevention, treatment, and recovery issues for women who misuse, have use disorders, and/or overdose on opioids...