Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. A COVID-19 summer wave and new 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines this fall—the virus is still a part of our day-to-day lives, but not the dominant force that it once was. Vigilance continues to be a...
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. A COVID-19 summer wave and new 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines this fall—the virus is still a part of our day-to-day lives, but not the dominant force that it once was. Vigilance continues to be a...
Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental...
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. As each day passes, we move farther and farther away from being dominated by the COVID-19 Pandemic that began in 2020. We view the pandemic in the rear-view mirror. COVID-19 strains continue to...
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social workers, like most helping professionals, ramped up quickly under intense circumstances to help individuals and families to make informed decisions about...
Courts should not be arbiters of reproductive rights
By Denise Johnson, LCSW-C NASW Senior Practice Associate In February 2024, a major healthcare cybersecurity attack occurred, affecting many patients and providers including clinical social workers (CSWs). The attack targeted UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Change...
Even as availability to vaccines becomes more widespread, challenges remain in reaching people experiencing homelessness.