Over $5 million in federal funding will go to Harris County Public Health to expand Maternal and Child Health Program
by Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media— New funding will be used to add more staff who will work with pregnant and recently-pregnant people.
WSTPost—San Francisco is giving away taxpayer-funded vodka shots to homeless alcoholics in a $5 million program that organizers claim ‘improves the health of participants’. San Francisco is giving away taxpayer-funded vodka shots to homeless alcoholics in a $5 million program that organizers claim 'improves the health of participants' - The city of San Francisco is handing out bottles of beer and vodka to homeless alcoholics, and the idea is controversial.Alcoholic drinks are served by nurses as part of the city's 'alcohol management programme', which has been running for four years, as a way of caring for vulnerable homeless people. The program, described as the...
Global News—Child under 5 dies after being hospitalized for measles: Public Health Ontario. Public Health Ontario says a young child from Hamilton has died after being hospitalized for measles — the first such death in more than a decade.
KTVZ—Wyden, colleagues call on Senate appropriations panel to fully fund federal public defender program. WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Sen, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined a bipartisan group of colleagues Friday in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Federal Defender Services program in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. “In FY24, Defender Services was appropriated $1.45 billion, and in FY25, the Judiciary