Join the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), September 18-24, 2022, to observe the 2nd annual Telehealth Awareness Week™, showcasing the many ways virtual care improves access to quality health care services for all individuals, including members of rural and underserved communities.

National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a proud supporter of TAW. Earlier this week, NRHA sent a Hill Alert to Congress urging them to act before year-end to extend telehealth flexibilities, set to expire 151 days after the end of the public health emergency. This action will equip rural providers with long-term stability needed to ensure access to care in rural communities. You can read more on the changes NRHA believes are needed to ensure better rural utilization in our letter to House leadership here.

HCC Network is excited to host Project Connect, our one-day public health service event for adults, on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event will be held at the Concordia Community Center,

802 S Gordon St.

Concordia, MO 64020

This event is for underserved and uninsured adults who need to be connected to various services in their community.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of this stigmatized, and often taboo, topic. We use this month to shift public perception, spread hope, and share vital information to people affected by suicide. Our goal is to ensure that individuals, friends, and families have access to suicide prevention resources.

Learn more at https://988lifeline.org/.

For a list of organizations offering Veterans' support for PTSD and other hidden injuries of war, visit hfotusa.org.

September 18 is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, a day to combat the stigma faced by older Americans living with HIV and address the aging-related challenges of HIV testing, prevention, and care.

With advances in treatment, people with HIV live longer, healthier lives, but older people in America are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage HIV. According to the CDC, people aged 55 years and older have the highest percentage of Stage 3 (AIDS) diagnoses. Among racial and ethnic minorities, Asian people (48.9) and Latino people (40.2) aged 55 years and older have the highest percentages of Stage 3 diagnoses, and American Indian or Alaska Native people ages 45-54 years old have the highest percentage (51.8) of Stage 3 diagnoses.

Early diagnosis and care are key strategies for ending HIV. Talk to your doctor about prevention strategies such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), antiretroviral therapy (ART), and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).

Bivalent COVID-19 boosters are now available. Contact your provider to find out if they offer the shot. For the latest information on bivalent boosters, visit MOStopsCovid.com.

Individuals are eligible for the bivalent booster two months since their last primary or booster dose of Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson. The previous monovalent booster will no longer be available to persons 12 and older; the FDA is removing authorization for those boosters to reduce provider confusion for staff administering vaccines.

Only individuals who have completed their primary vaccination series (two doses of Pfizer or Moderna or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) are eligible to receive the bivalent booster. Those who have recently received Novavax are not yet eligible for any booster at this time.

Read the Fact Sheet.

View the CDC data on affected populations by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and symptoms on the CDC website.

Read about the cost of vaccination, who can get vaccinated, and where at the CDC's Vaccination Basics page.

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