Essentia Health knows that health care goes beyond the walls of its hospitals and clinics. That’s why the health system employs the expertise of community health workers (CHWs). These professionals ...

The local health department is creating online training for community health workers who work with refugees and immigrants, ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is working to grow the health care workforce. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ...

The state and county health departments across Utah are cutting staff, which will mean fewer epidemiologists tracking disease and community workers connecting residents to care.

More than two dozen health care organizations are urging Colorado lawmakers debating the budget to spare a program that they ...

The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a ...

The Australian Services Union will challenge a Fair Work Commission decision due to concerns it perversely sends thousands of ...

Proposed funding cuts for community health workers led to amendments and pleas from lawmakers looking to boost a workforce that one senator called a “lynchpin” for his rural district.

As New Mexico's measles outbreak continues, local nonprofits are grappling with the fallout of federal funding cuts, and the ...

The Community Health Workers Program helps connect patients with non-profits that assist with food, housing, transportation and other non-clinical needs. The goal is to prevent patients from ...

Monroe Community College is stepping up to address a critical need in the health care industry by showcasing its non-credit ...