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2015 Annual Report to Congress on the Use of Mandatory Recall Authority
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires many deliverables from FDA, among them special reports and studies to be submitted...
Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang
Climate Change’s Effect on Food Production Could Lead to Widespread Death Worldwide
Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults worldwide in 2050 due to reduced crop productivity, according to a new study...
Mar 05, 2016 | Katie Regan
CDC Prevention Status Reports
The CDC’s latest Prevention Status Reports (PSRs) highlight the status of state-level policies and practices to prevent or...
Mar 01, 2016 | Amy Chang
Flu Near You to Expand Symptom Set
Flu Near You is an online health reporting system that maps users with flu-like symptoms. In light of emerging health threats in the...
Mar 01, 2016 | Christina Baum
New Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria Species Discovered
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin,...
Feb 16, 2016 | Katie Regan
Provide Input on Training Website for Environmental Assessments during Foodborne...
The Colorado School of Public Health is compiling a list of trainings and resources to include on a new training website for...
Feb 16, 2016 | Amy Chang
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What...
By Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection...
Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author
MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three States
A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in Kentucky,...
Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
2015 Annual Report to Congress on the Use of Mandatory Recall AuthorityThe Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires many deliverables from FDA, among them special reports and studies to be submitted to Congress. Click here to read the report on the use of mandatory recall authority in fiscal year 2015. Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Climate Change’s Effect on Food Production Could Lead to Widespread Death WorldwideClimate change could kill more than 500,000 adults worldwide in 2050 due to reduced crop productivity, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study is the first of its kind to assess the impact of climate change on diet composition and bodyweight, and to estimate the number of deaths each will cause. […] Mar 05, 2016 | Katie Regan |
CDC Prevention Status ReportsThe CDC’s latest Prevention Status Reports (PSRs) highlight the status of state-level policies and practices to prevent or reduce problems affecting public health. The PSRs cover 10 public health topics—including food safety—and rate states on their implementation of recommended policies and practices. The reports include a new measure on state adoption of selected provisions in the... Mar 01, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Flu Near You to Expand Symptom SetFlu Near You is an online health reporting system that maps users with flu-like symptoms. In light of emerging health threats in the United States–including mosquito-borne diseases like the Zika virus–Flu Near You is adding additional symptoms for volunteers to report on. These symptoms include rash, eye pain, red eyes, joint pain, yellow skin/ eyes, and dark […] Mar 01, 2016 | Christina Baum |
New Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria Species DiscoveredThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, have reported a new species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease in humans. The new species, Borrelia mayonii, has been identified in blacklegged ticks in at least two counties in northwestern Wisconsin, though […] Feb 16, 2016 | Katie Regan |
Provide Input on Training Website for Environmental Assessments during Foodborne Illness OutbreaksThe Colorado School of Public Health is compiling a list of trainings and resources to include on a new training website for conducting environmental assessments during foodborne illness outbreaks. The website goal is to increase the quality of environmental assessments by organizing and vetting existing training and resources. Target users include environmental health practitioners in state,... Feb 16, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What Local Health Departments Can DoBy Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection in a pregnant woman poses a serious risk to her infant at birth. Without post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), approximately 40% of infants born to hepatitis B-infected mothers in the United States will develop chronic hepatitis B infection, approximately one-fourth... Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author |
MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three StatesA Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Since 2009, these Appalachian states have reported an increase in cases of acute HBV infection among non-Hispanic whites, persons aged 30–39 years, and injection drug users. Almost half of these new cases were […] Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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