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Bmore Healthy Newsletter: April 27, 2018

Apr 27th, 2018

Click here to read the 4/27/18 newsletter.

In this issue:

  • Note from the Commissioner
  • Judge Rules in Favor of Baltimore City in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Funding Cut to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
  • Dr. Wen Gives Pre-Conference Keynote Address at Modern Healthcare’s Opioid Crisis Symposium
  • Dr. Wen Participates in Panel at Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.'s 70th Annual Second District Conference
  • & More

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Federal judge rules against Trump Administration over termination of HHS grant (WEAA)

Apr 27th, 2018

By issuing this ruling, Judge Blake vacated HHS’s decision to prematurely terminate Baltimore’s five-year Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grant, and ordered HHS to process Baltimore’s application for continued funding under the grant.  Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen talked with WEAA’s Julius White about the ruling.

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Leana Wen

Class-action lawsuit targets Trump cuts to teen pregnancy prevention (The Hill)

Apr 27th, 2018

A class-action lawsuit filed Friday morning argues the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) illegally ended grants to 81 organizations participating in a federal teen pregnancy prevention program. 

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Experts Urge Faster Movement on Health Care Data (U.S. News & World Report)

Apr 27th, 2018

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS shouldn't wait for the perfect data to come along before planning interventions to improve population health, experts say, because there is no perfect data. 

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Leana Wen

Feds Lose in Court Over Funding for Baltimore Teen Pregnancy Program (DELMARVA Public Radio)

Apr 27th, 2018

 A judge has sided with Baltimore over the federal government in a fight over funding for the nationwide Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.

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Leana Wen

Judge rules in Baltimore's favor in suit over federal cuts to teen pregnancy prevention program (Baltimore Sun)

Apr 26th, 2018

A federal judge ruled in favor of the city of Baltimore and a national nonprofit based here that aims to reduce teen pregnancy rates, after they sued over cuts to the program’s federal funding.

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Leana Wen

Dr. Wen Responds to Ruling in Baltimore’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

Apr 26th, 2018

BALTIMORE MD (APRIL 27, 2018) - Yesterday, Judge Catherine Blake of the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled in Baltimore City’s favor in its Teen Pregnancy Prevent

Leana Wen

Baltimore wins lawsuit over federal cuts to teen pregnancy prevention programs (Modern Healthcare)

Apr 26th, 2018

The city of Baltimore won a lawsuit against HHS over its federal funding cuts to teen pregnancy prevention programs, city Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen learned Wednesday while speaking at Modern Healthcare's symposium on opioids. 

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Leana Wen

U.S. judge blocks cuts to teen pregnancy prevention grants (Reuters)

Apr 26th, 2018

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from terminating grants issued through a teen pregnancy prevention program, marking the third time in a week that a court has held that the administration’s 2017 decision was unlawful.

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Third judge rules against Trump admin on cuts to teen pregnancy program (The Hill)

Apr 26th, 2018

The Trump administration was handed another loss Wednesday evening in a case surrounding its abrupt cuts to grants for organizations participating in a federal teen pregnancy prevention program.

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Leana Wen

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