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WASHINGTON You may have heard of DARPA the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon s new-technology arm famous for helping to develop the Internet and now it will have a healthcare counterpart under President Biden s proposed $769 billion discretionary spending budget for fiscal year 2022.
Sent to Congress Friday, the proposal includes $6.5 billion to launch the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). With an initial focus on cancer and other diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer s, this major investment in federal research and development will drive transformational innovation in health research and speed application and implementation of health breakthroughs, the Office of Management and Budget said in a press release announcing the request. This funding is part of a $51 billion request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue to support research that enhances health, lengthens life, and reduces il
Miss. receives $20.5M for mental health, substance use services SAMHSA is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Source: Storyblocks) By WLBT Digital | April 7, 2021 at 2:45 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 8:02 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Magnolia State has received some much-needed help for mental health and substance use services.
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) announced Wednesday one-time federal funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA.
DMH received $20.5 million, $12,938,191 in funding for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, and $7,556,583 for the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.
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Drug overdose deaths hit record levels last year with more than 81,000 fatalities, according to the CDC.
Fentanyl, involved in most of the deaths, is now sweeping the western US with a 98% rise in 10 states.
The synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more than heroin.
US drug overdose deaths hit record levels last year with more than 81,000 fatalities, according to the CDC. Fentanyl was involved in almost all of them and the dangerous drug is now sweeping the western states, agitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) told Insider: Fentanyl has been found mixed with many other drugs. People who buy drugs such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA are frequently not aware that these may be laced with fentanyl.
The Biden administration announced on Thursday how it intends to spend $2.5 billion on mental health and drug addiction services through the American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday.