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FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Delays

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape...

Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • Hep C RNA Reflex Testing Health Code Amendment Adopted In NYC

    The below information was originally published in a media advisory from Hep Free NYC.  The NYC Board of Health Amended the Health Code...

    Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Video Series: #HowIRecommend HPV Vaccine

    #HowIRecommend is a new video series that highlights real clinicians responding to a variety of questions about HPV vaccine that they...

    Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Resources on STD Treatment Guidelines

    The National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) is a CDC-funded group of training centers created in...

    Oct 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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    CDC: New Rapid Rabies Test Could Revolutionize Testing & Treatment

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in PLOS One about a new rabies test that can more easily and precisely diagnose rabies infection in animals suspected of having rabies. With this new test, people exposed to potentially rabid animals may not have to undergo the month-long regimen of shots to make […]

    May 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    HEPline: Clinical Consultation Network for Hepatitis C Management

    The Clinician Consultation Center, a component of the AIDS Education and Training Centers Program, has launched HEPline, a clinical consultation network for hepatitis C management. Public health and healthcare professionals in need of support can call or submit an online request for clinician-to-clinician advice on hepatitis C mono-infection and co-infection management. In response, the Center...

    Apr 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Infectious Disease, Training

    Continuing Education Course: Preventing Hepatitis B in the U.S.

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Medscape introduced a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes recommendations regarding prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the United States, based on updated guidance from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This activity is intended for...

    Mar 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, All of Us, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    AHRQ: Online Data Tool Shows Impact of Opioid Crisis at County Level

    The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released an online statistical resource that for the first time provides county-level comparisons of hospitalization rates for substance use, including opioids, alcohol, stimulants and other drugs. The resource draws from the agency’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) – the nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital data,...

    Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, Antibiotic Resistance, Infectious Disease

    CDC Online Training: Antibiotic Stewardship – Section 1

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the first of a four-section web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship, each section of which will be released in 2018. To register and take the course online, create an account at http://bit.ly/2BsVc0z. Course objectives include: optimizing antibiotic prescribing and use to […]

    Feb 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Delays

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape introduced a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes diagnosis delay among persons infected with HIV: Vital Signs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Diagnosis Delays — United States. This activity is intended for infectious disease clinicians,...

    Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Hep C RNA Reflex Testing Health Code Amendment Adopted In NYC

    The below information was originally published in a media advisory from Hep Free NYC.  The NYC Board of Health Amended the Health Code to Improve Complete Hepatitis C Diagnostic Testing in NYC In order to improve complete hepatitis C diagnostic testing, care and treatment rates in New York City at the population level, the Board […]

    Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Video Series: #HowIRecommend HPV Vaccine

    #HowIRecommend is a new video series that highlights real clinicians responding to a variety of questions about HPV vaccine that they hear in their own practices. In these short videos, watch clinicians make an effective HPV vaccine recommendation, answer the questions parents have about HPV vaccine and explain how their office helps empower and educate […]

    Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Resources on STD Treatment Guidelines

    The National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) is a CDC-funded group of training centers created in partnership with health departments and universities. The training centers are dedicated to increasing the knowledge and skills of health professionals in the areas of sexual health, and NNPTC provides health professionals with a spectrum of state-of-the-art educational...

    Oct 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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