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Each month, we feature select National Health Observances (NHOs) that align with our priorities for improving health across the nation. In September, we’re raising awareness about healthy aging, childhood obesity, substance use recovery, sickle cell, and HIV/AIDS. We’ve pulled together some resources to help you spread the word about these NHOs with your audiences...

Reducing emergency department (ED) visits for medication overdoses among children under 5 years of age is a national public health priority. The Healthy People 2030 objective MPS-01 tracks this important issue. The baseline for this Healthy People 2030 objective is 25.6 estimated ED visits per 10,000 children under 5 years of age, which was observed during 2016-2017, and the target rate to be achieved by the end of the decade is 16.6 ED visits per 10,000 children under 5 years of age — an additional 35 percent reduction.

The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will hold its third meeting September 12-13, 2023. The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture invite the public to register to submit oral comments to the Committee regarding their deliberation. Registration is required and will open tomorrow, August 10, 2023, at 10:00 a...