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CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health Departments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their...
Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC Supplemental Appendix: Vulnerability Index for HIV/HCV Outbreak in PWID
Late last year, the CDC released a vulnerability index which identified six indicators associated with the HIV/Hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
Aug 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New Report: Retail Food Inspection and Grading Case Study
NACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed a new report to learn more...
Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Report: Crosswalk Between Public Health Accreditation and Health Impact...
NACCHO recently released a new report highlighting the connection between public health accreditation and Health Impact Assessment...
Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Conference Recap: NACCHO at the 2016 National Environmental Health Association...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) hosted its annual conference and exhibition (AEC) in partnership with the U.S....
Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
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
ONAP: New Data on National HIV/AIDS Strategy Indicators
On July 29, the anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) released an updated version...
Aug 01, 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
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
CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health DepartmentsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their efforts of tracking, investigating and preventing foodborne illness. Grant recipients will receive training for and access to advanced technology, including whole genome sequencers to improve detection and surveillance for antibiotic-resistance intestinal bacteria.... Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC Supplemental Appendix: Vulnerability Index for HIV/HCV Outbreak in PWIDLate last year, the CDC released a vulnerability index which identified six indicators associated with the HIV/Hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Scott County, Indiana in 2015. Recognizing that this issue extended beyond one locality, CDC assessed the same indicators in 3,143 rural counties across the U.S. to detect jurisdictions that may be […] Aug 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
New Report: Retail Food Inspection and Grading Case StudyNACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed a new report to learn more about scoring, grading and placarding systems used by domestic food regulatory programs. This report provides a case study on the retail food establishment process and grading system used by the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). The […] Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Report: Crosswalk Between Public Health Accreditation and Health Impact AssessmentNACCHO recently released a new report highlighting the connection between public health accreditation and Health Impact Assessment (HIA). This document describes how local health departments (LHDs) can use HIA as a tool to accomplish two important aims simultaneously. More specifically, by incorporating HIA into their practice, LHDs can use it to promote community health improvement, and […] Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Conference Recap: NACCHO at the 2016 National Environmental Health Association Annual ConferenceThe National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) hosted its annual conference and exhibition (AEC) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), earlier this summer in June. Described as the “nexus for environmental health training, education, networking and achievement,” this four-day event focused on how to move environmental health outside the box. As a... Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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 |
ONAP: New Data on National HIV/AIDS Strategy IndicatorsOn July 29, the anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) released an updated version of the Indicator Supplement, which outlines everything to know about the Strategy’s indicators, or measures of progress, toward its 2020 goals. This updated Indicator Supplement contains the latest available data on the Strategy’s indicators. The indicator […] Aug 01, 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 |
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 |
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