HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. authorities say a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died last year after being detained by border authorities in a previously unreported case.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 16-year-old unaccompanied migrant boy from Guatemala fell ill after he was transferred to a government shelter in Texas and later died, officials said Wednesday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Hospitals and patients have sued to block a new nationwide liver transplant policy that they say will waste viable livers, lead to fewer transplants and likely cause...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has submitted the state's proposed plan for supplemental grant funding to the federal government, which includes...

MIAMI (AP) — Three U.S. congresswomen from South Florida say they've been told they won't be allowed to visit a federally-run detention facility for unaccompanied minors who either entered the...

DUNN, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina is running again for elected office, this time to become the next lieutenant governor.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will receive $14.6 million in federal funds to fight opioid addiction.

U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding in a news...

A former Louisiana congressman is now head of the Economic Development Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce.

A news release says Dr. John Fleming was sworn in Friday as the...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Lawmakers will consider a bill that could allow Kansas organ donors to specify whether they want their organs to go to transplant patients in the state.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A reproductive rights organization announced Wednesday that it is filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Maine health care provider in an attempt to block new rules for...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators say a laboratory in Maine is receiving a federal grant to advance its research of drug addiction and the role genetics play in...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida's governor on Wednesday proposed bringing cheaper, Canadian prescription drugs to Florida as a way to cut health care costs.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The federal government agreed Wednesday to allow federally funded foster care agencies in South Carolina to deny services to same-sex or non-Christian couples.

The waiver issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will allow Greenville's Miracle Hill Ministries to continue as a state-supported foster care agency.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal oversight agency says a former Washington University scientist falsified data in gastrointestinal disease research.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal officials say a Buffalo daycare owner convicted on charges of stealing government funds has been sentenced to a year in prison.

The U.S. attorney's office in Buffalo says 42-year-old Tariq Butt was also ordered to pay $305,000 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Prosecutors say Butt and his wife, Halima Mohammed, submitted hundreds of false and fraudulent claims seeking reimbursement for child care eligible for block grant funds.

CHICAGO (AP) — Five Illinois community health centers are receiving more than $36 million in federal funds to help provide affordable health care in underserved rural and urban areas.

Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced the grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday.

SIHF Healthcare in St. Clair County is receiving $15.5 million, the largest amount. Two agencies in Cook County and one each in Winnebago and Whiteside counties also will get funds.

SULPHUR, La. (AP) — For some of Louisiana's children, life at home includes abuse and neglect. In 2016, that was the case for 11,289 of the state's children, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

In 2015, almost 11,000 boys and girls, age 17 and under, had a brush with the juvenile justice system, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Justice.

YORK, Maine (AP) — A southern Maine organization will receive more than $1.3 million from the federal government to beef up its support for low-income families.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say York County Community Action Corporation will use the money for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The funding is coming through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal advisory panel is urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily stop Arkansas from enforcing the state's Medicaid work requirement, amid concerns that some recipients may not have access to the internet that they need to report their work hours to the state.

The Trump administration is distributing the entire allocation of money to help low-income residents with their heating and cooling bills.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday released $3.7 billion from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP. All told, the program is expected to help about 6.5 million households this year.

INDIAN TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Four American Indian groups in Maine will receive more than $400,000 from the federal government to respond to the impact of the opioid epidemic in native communities.

CALAIS, Maine (AP) — Maine is developing a new framework to assist with student mental health needs through collaboration between providers of education and health.

The Maine Department of Education says the initiative is called Maine-AWARE, which stands for Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education. The department says it has received a $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services toward the project.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A new federal grant will allow University of Missouri Extension to provide strength training and other programs to help older adults to live independently and reduce their fear of falling.

The $500,000 grant is from the Administration for Community Living, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It will help about 6,000 Missourians.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has been awarded a $43.5 million federal grant to fight opioid abuse.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that the Illinois portion is part of more than $1 billion the agency distributed to all states as part of its five-point opioid strategy .

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded Indiana more than $25 million to fight the opioid epidemic, largely by expanding access to treatment and recovery services.

Indiana's funding announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was among more than $1 billion awarded to all 50 states to combat opioid abuse.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say Alaska is receiving more than $10 million to help fight its opioid problem.

The $10.4 million announced Wednesday is among more than $1 billion distributed to states by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

For Alaska, about $4 million will go toward medication-based treatments. Nearly $6.4 million will go toward community health centers, rural organizations and academic institutions for increased access to services.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government officials say the Fort Peck tribes owe $435,000 after mismanaging grant money meant to help poor people pay for their home energy use.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Substance Abuse Treatment has awarded $130,000 to West Virginia University to support mental health and substance abuse treatment programs.

The grant was announced Thursday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. Manchin said the funding will help train nurse practitioners, who will work with West Virginians affected by addiction.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Ten community health centers in New Hampshire are splitting about $836,000 in federal grants to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery.

The money comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Quality Improvement grants are meant to support efforts such as expanding access to care, advancing the use of health information technology and delivering patient-centered care.

TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers say they have been told atemporary tent shelter in far West Texas for immigrant minors will stay open another month.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has received a $10 million grant to help design a program to improve the health and wellness of people with mental illnesses.

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services received funding over five years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The goal is to integrate physical and mental health care for young people ages 16 to 35 with severe mental illness or severe emotional disturbance.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $1.7 million for health care programs in West Virginia.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said in a news release the funding is to combat mental health disorders and provide primary care services for mothers and children.

RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Technical College has received a $400,000 federal grant to help get its dental therapy program up and running.

The Valley News reports Vermont's congressional delegation announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant Friday.

CARIBOU, Maine (AP) — The federal government is providing $200,000 to help a northern Maine program connect more residents with health services.

The money is going from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Aroostook County Action Program. Independent Sen. Angus King and Republican Sen. Susan Collins say the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant is designed to help link people with local and state services.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is offering state resources to help the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with migrant children separated from their parents.

The Democrat said Saturday the state will help find licensed care providers to house the children while they await reunification.

HOUSTON (AP) — Federal health officials have ordered the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to pay a $4.3 million fine for failing to secure health records stemming from data breaches.

Walmart is not working with the Department of Homeland Security to create detention centers for migrants despite reports online claiming the two have been working together in recent years.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is, however, using a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, as part of its Unaccompanied Alien Children Services program. Walmart sold the building to a developer in 2016. The site currently is housing about 1,500 immigrant children, officials said.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of Christian colleges in Michigan and Iowa that sued the government to avoid paying for abortion- and contraception-related health care under an Obama-era requirement.

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government will open a temporary shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in far west Texas, as existing facilities for children reach capacity under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy on migrants and the resulting separation of families.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal agency has awarded nearly $25 million to help support health clinics in West Virginia.

The grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will go to clinics in 12 counties. The counties include Mercer, Webster, Kanawha, Monongalia, Upshur, Hardy, Lincoln, Marion, Greenbrier, McDowell, Wirt and Cabell.

The announcement was made Tuesday by U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito.

HOUSTON (AP) — Immigration advocates accused the U.S. government on Thursday of "effectively disappearing" hundreds of children in a complaint over the widespread separation of families crossing the southern border.

The groups filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which investigates alleged human rights abuses in North and South America.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont is attempting to create a first-in-the-nation program to allow the wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada, but first the state needs approval from skeptical White House officials.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont on Wednesday became the first state to create a program to import more affordable prescription drugs from Canada, but it's not clear whether it will get required federal approval.

Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said he supported the legislation because it could reduce costs for many Vermonters.

"I'm in favor of doing whatever we can do reduce cost for Vermonters," Scott said.