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The latest stories from AHA Today.

The National Academy of Medicine on Nov. 30 from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. ET will host a webinar to discuss findings from the recent NAM publication, Emerging Stronger from COVID-19: Priorities for Health System Transformation, and related next steps.
In a blog post, LaShawn McIver, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health, explains the agency’s plans to close health-equity-data gaps.
The National Association for Healthcare Quality released its Healthcare Quality and Safety Workforce report.
Leaders from the Department of Health and Human Services and its umbrella agencies held a listening session this week with health system leaders and patient safety advocates.
To address its rural nursing shortage, Michigan will offer its first RN apprentice program.
Nurse-led barbershop health talks developed by two Black male nurses in northern California aim to address health equity.
Nurses from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing started a lab with a social scientist from the College of Arts and Science to diminish health disparities related to climate change.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention awarded a three-year, $1.5 million nurse suicide prevention grant to nurse researchers at the University of California San Diego, Ohio State University and the American Nurses Association.
Congress should enact legislation to offer health care workers protections against violence, according to a STAT opinion piece.
The Nursing Community Coalition this week sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting the funding levels that advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee.