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What Type of Salt Should You Buy? Rethinking 1924 Food Fortification Policy in 2024

Bill Of Health

Most recently, after folic acid (vitamin B9) was found to prevent neural tube defects in growing fetuses, the U.S. Public Health Service recommended that all women of reproductive age get 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid per day. Jessica Samuels is a third-year dual degree law and public health student (J.D./MPH

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State Strategies to Increase Diversity in the Behavioral Health Workforce

NASHP

The 2020 West Virginia Behavioral Health Workforce Development Plan , a product of a state-university partnership funded through the federal State Opioid Response (SOR) grant, places specific emphasis on SUD treatment workforce, and highlights the need to engage equity and diversity leaders in behavioral health workforce development.