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North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced $3 million in matching grant funding available for the Statewide Health Strategies Grant program. The application deadline has been extended to May 31.

Every May beginning on Mother’s Day, is National Women’s Health Week. This week, May 12-18, aims to highlight women’s health issues and encourage women of all ages to prioritize their physical, mental and emotional well-being.

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) joins its federal partners in the Office on Women’s Health to encourage women to make sure they are current on preventive health screenings and exams and understand how they can improve their health.

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the release of the 2024-2029 State Health Improvement Plan, which was designed through extensive data evaluation and collaboration with a wide range of partners throughout the state.

March 17-23, is nationally recognized as Poison Prevention Week. Whether it’s a question or an emergency, Poison Help can provide life-saving information when people need it most. North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is raising awareness about the risks posed by poisonous substances and precautions people can take to keep themselves and their families safe.

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) Emergency Preparedness Unit and partners are conducting a full-scale exercise on Thursday, Feb. 29, at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. The exercise will provide training for a public health and medical response event involving HHS, N.D. Department of Emergency Services, N.D. Bureau of Criminal Investigation, N.D. Parks and Recreation Department, Morton County Sheriff’s Office, Morton County Emergency Management and other public health partners and aims to demonstrate the ability to conduct large-scale response and recovery operations.  

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four babies born with a heart defect has a critical congenital heart defect. Critical congenital heart disease is a group of serious heart conditions present at birth. These conditions may affect the heart’s shape, how it works or both. Birthing facilities in North Dakota are required to screen babies for critical congenital heart disease when they are born. North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) supports these screening efforts to ensure all babies are screened for certain rare, but serious health conditions at birth. 

February is American Heart Month, a month to raise awareness about heart disease and prevention. North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) wants North Dakotans to know their risk factors, especially their blood pressure numbers and actions they can take to support their heart health.

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is incentivizing new health care graduates and established health professionals to choose North Dakota as their career location through the department’s latest health care recruitment initiative, Love You to Stay.

Love You to Stay aims to address health care needs in underserved and rural areas by providing avenues of support with partnering agencies that connect health care professionals to promising career opportunities in North Dakota.

This January, during Cervical Cancer Prevention Month, North Dakota’s breast and cervical cancer early detection program, known as Women's Way, encourages women to stay on track with important preventive health screenings – including cervical cancer screenings. Women’s Way is administered through North Dakota Health and Human Services and local health partners.

Roughly 1 in 6 Americans get sick due to foodborne diseases each year. Since Thanksgiving is a holiday known for the preparation of large meals to be enjoyed between friends and family, North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) wants to remind North Dakotans that preparing and handling food in the correct way is important to prevent foodborne illnesses.