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Call for Entries

2019 Sentinel Awards

We've announced a call for entries for the 2019 Sentinel Awards, honoring outstanding television storylines that inform, educate and motivate viewers to make choices for healthier and safer lives. Entries from broadcast, cable and streaming network shows are eligible. The deadline is July 31.

Panel

Racism & Childbirth

Our most recent panel explored why black women are three to four times more likely to die after giving birth than white women.

Video

A Brighter Future

“Handmaid’s Tale” writer/producer Dorothy Fortenberry explains why we should also tell hopeful stories about reproductive rights.

HH&S helps us tell the right stories in the right way. We’re so fortunate and grateful to have [them] as our partners.

Bill Harper

executive producer

Grey's Anatomy

What We're Reading

The Suicide Stigma

Mental health struggles have long been misunderstood. As suicides increase, health advocates hope to change public perception.

Watch List

Scorched Earth

"Chernobyl" was the most recent entry into nuclear nightmares on TV and film that help us process the unseen terror of radiation.

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Tip Sheet

Addiction & Incarceration

For many people, addiction often leads to incarceration—an estimated 25% of people in U.S. prisons and jails have a substance-abuse disorder with opioids—and those who are arrested may be left to detox without medical treatment. Read our tip sheet for more information

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Must Watch

Understanding HIV

Since the deadly HIV epidemic of the 1980s, more than 77 million people worldwide have become infected with the virus. We've co-produced this short animated video with the help of Life Noggin studios to explain what HIV is and how it’s transmitted.

Aging in America

What Retirement?

More adults in their 60s and 70s are spending their retirement years caring for parents who are in their 90s and beyond.

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HH&S helps us tell the right stories in the right way. We’re so fortunate and grateful to have [them] as our partners.