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CDC Report: Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report: Monitoring Selected National...
Aug 02, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Updates Website on Congenital Cytomegalovirus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its website on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The...
Aug 01, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC: Four Recent Zika Cases (FL) Linked to Local Mosquito Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced that four recent Zika cases in Florida are linked to local...
Jul 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Slideshow: Multistate Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
The CDC Expert Commentary recently released a slideshow highlighting a limited, but dangerous pattern of foodborne illness impacting...
Jul 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Celebrating 26 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act
July 26, 2016 marks nearly three decades since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) first went into effect, twenty-six years ago...
Jul 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC Report Assesses HIV-related Risk Behaviors in Male High School Students
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the first-ever nationally representative look at HIV-related...
Jul 25, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Roundtable Report: Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection...
During the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) annual meeting, NACCHO hosted a roundtable session titled, “Local...
Jul 18, 2016 | Christina Baum
Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea Treatment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an...
Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Reports First Case of Female-to-Male Sexual Transmission of Zika
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released news of the first documented case of female-to-male sexual transmission...
Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report: Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care ObjectivesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report: Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives by Using HIV Surveillance Data—United States and 6 Dependent Areas, 2014. This surveillance supplemental report presents the results of focused analyses of National HIV Surveillance System data to measure progress toward... Aug 02, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Updates Website on Congenital CytomegalovirusThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its website on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The goal of the updated website is to better communicate the current science and understanding of CMV and congenital CMV to healthcare professionals and the public, especially pregnant women or those who are planning to become pregnant. The website is […] Aug 01, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC: Four Recent Zika Cases (FL) Linked to Local Mosquito TransmissionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced that four recent Zika cases in Florida are linked to local mosquito-borne virus transmission. These cases were likely caused by bites of local Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and are the first known occurrence of local mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission in the continental United States. Read the full media […] Jul 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Slideshow: Multistate Foodborne Illness OutbreaksThe CDC Expert Commentary recently released a slideshow highlighting a limited, but dangerous pattern of foodborne illness impacting multiple states, at one time. The post illustrates a series of such instances occurring throughout 2015, which also accounted for more than half of the nation’s deaths reported as a cause of foodborne illness. Notable contaminated food resulting […] Jul 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Celebrating 26 Years of the Americans with Disabilities ActJuly 26, 2016 marks nearly three decades since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) first went into effect, twenty-six years ago on the exact same date. This historic civil rights legislation made discrimination against individuals with disabilities illegal across the nation. In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NACCHO urges local […] Jul 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC Report Assesses HIV-related Risk Behaviors in Male High School StudentsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the first-ever nationally representative look at HIV-related risk behaviors among gay, bisexual and heterosexual male high school students. The report found that while gay and bisexual male teens don’t engage in riskier sexual behaviors than their heterosexual counterparts, they are at higher risk for HIV. Read […] Jul 25, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Roundtable Report: Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection Control, Preparedness and Response to Infectious Disease ThreatsDuring the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) annual meeting, NACCHO hosted a roundtable session titled, “Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection Control, Preparedness and Response to Infectious Disease Threats.” The roundtable featured local health departments’ (LHDs’) experiences and lessons learned through the LINC Initiative and NACCHO’s... Jul 18, 2016 | Christina Baum |
Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea TreatmentThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, is emerging, according to CDC findings published in a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read the media statement and MMWR to learn more. Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Reports First Case of Female-to-Male Sexual Transmission of ZikaThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released news of the first documented case of female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika virus. The suspected case was identified by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Upon testing, the woman’s serum and urine tested positive for Zika virus RNA. Seven days after intercourse with the woman, […] Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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