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Watch Now: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on City and Local Health Departments
As the opioid epidemic remains prevalent across the United States, local and city health departments are seeing a correlated increase...
Jan 08, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Study: Increase in Hepatitis C Infections Linked to Worsening Opioid Crisis
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the recent steep increase in cases of acute...
Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid Epidemic
Representatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Eliminating Opioid Overdoses, Deaths, and Substance Use Disorders Exceeds...
Altarum recently released a report assessing the potential societal benefit of eliminating opioid overdoses, death, and substance use...
Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Now Streaming: Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on the...
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy coordinated a Facebook event, Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the...
Nov 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report: HIV Among People Who Inject Drugs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) serves as a key component of its...
Oct 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Resource: Harm Reduction Program (HRP) Guidelines and Certification Procedures
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Bureau for Public Health (BPH) Harm Reduction Program (HRP)...
Oct 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Advocacy Toolkits on Intersections with Sex Work and Syringe Use
The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) and the National LGBTQ Task Force released a new resource that can help foster more...
Sep 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC: 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) Results
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released district-level findings from the 2016 School Health Policies and...
Sep 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Watch Now: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on City and Local Health DepartmentsAs the opioid epidemic remains prevalent across the United States, local and city health departments are seeing a correlated increase in opioid use and the diagnosis of infectious diseases, especially hepatitis C. Last year at the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference, OraSure Technologies hosted a session welcoming members from various health departments to discuss how they […] Jan 08, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Study: Increase in Hepatitis C Infections Linked to Worsening Opioid CrisisNew research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the recent steep increase in cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increases in opioid injection. The study examines data from CDC’s hepatitis surveillance system and from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s national database that tracks […] Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid EpidemicRepresentatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) recently penned an article about the link between hepatitis C and the opioid epidemic. Per the article, the unprecedented rate of injection drug use in our country has created a new generation of hepatitis C patients […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Eliminating Opioid Overdoses, Deaths, and Substance Use Disorders Exceeds $95 Billion per YearAltarum recently released a report assessing the potential societal benefit of eliminating opioid overdoses, death, and substance use disorders, and found that the benefit would have exceeded $95 billion dollars in 2016. Part of that benefit comes from a $9.2 billion reduction in indirect healthcare costs, which includes the costs associated with the increased risk and treatment […] Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Now Streaming: Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on the Spread of Infectious DiseaseThe HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy coordinated a Facebook event, Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on the Spread of Infectious Disease, that more than 4,500 viewers streamed live. The symposium brought together HHS leaders to draw attention to infectious diseases that are spreading rapidly because of the opioid epidemic. View the […] Nov 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Report: HIV Among People Who Inject DrugsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) serves as a key component of its high-impact prevention approach to reducing the spread of HIV in the United States. It provides data for monitoring behaviors among populations at risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV infection and identifying the populations for whom […] Oct 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Resource: Harm Reduction Program (HRP) Guidelines and Certification ProceduresThe West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Bureau for Public Health (BPH) Harm Reduction Program (HRP) Guidelines and Certification Procedures, adapted from the Kentucky Harm Reduction and Harm Reduction Program at the Kentucky Department of Health, is now available. The guidelines include the following chapters: Laying the Groundwork for Program Implementation Reaching... Oct 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Advocacy Toolkits on Intersections with Sex Work and Syringe UseThe Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) and the National LGBTQ Task Force released a new resource that can help foster more intersectional advocacy for HIV criminal law reform. HIV Criminalization Beyond Non-Disclosure: Advocacy Toolkits on Intersections with Sex Work and Syringe Use is the sum of two toolkits designed for advocates who care about ending […] Sep 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC: 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) ResultsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released district-level findings from the 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) on the Healthy Youth Web site. SHPPS is a national study periodically conducted to assess school health policies and practices. These new district-level data suggest that while improvements are being made in practices around […] Sep 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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