White House Launches National Plan to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

The White House has released the National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, a crucial step in addressing...

Dec 31, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • New Rapid Syphilis Testing Resources Available on NCSD Website

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has added rapid syphilis testing (RST) resources to its website at www.ncsddc.org/rst....

    Dec 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging...

    The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an...

    Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum

  • San Francisco is Changing the Face of AIDS Treatment

    Last year, San Francisco had only 302 new HIV diagnoses, the lowest recorded number. In 1992, at the epidemic’s peak, there were 2,332...

    Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • New Study Says Climate Change May Undermine Last Half-Century of Health Improvements

    A new report by The Lancet says that climate change may undermine the last half-century of health gains. However, the study adds that...

    Jun 26, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

  • White House Launches National Plan to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

    The White House has released the National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, a crucial step in addressing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a growing public health threat that reflects missed opportunities to find, cure, and prevent TB at the earliest stages of infection. Despite being preventable and curable, TB ranks alongside HIV as the top cause of […]

    Dec 31, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    New Rapid Syphilis Testing Resources Available on NCSD Website

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has added rapid syphilis testing (RST) resources to its website at www.ncsddc.org/rst. This section will act as a clearinghouse for a variety of RST resources. Visit the website for NCSD’s updated RST tri-fold, past webinars on syphilis testing, and individual state RST protocols.

    Dec 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

    The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an epidemiologist at the Orange County Health Department in New York and a member of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Workgroup, attended as the NACCHO partner representative on the ICEID 2015 Scientific Program Committee. […]

    Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum

    San Francisco is Changing the Face of AIDS Treatment

    Last year, San Francisco had only 302 new HIV diagnoses, the lowest recorded number. In 1992, at the epidemic’s peak, there were 2,332 diagnoses. Eighty-two percent of residents with HIV currently are in care, and 72 percent are virally suppressed, results that are much higher than national averages. The city’s chief strength has been a willingness […]

    Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    New Study Says Climate Change May Undermine Last Half-Century of Health Improvements

    A new report by The Lancet says that climate change may undermine the last half-century of health gains. However, the study adds that addressing this issue is one of the best opportunities to improve health in the 21st century. The report outlines the specific threats climate change poses to human health. Direct threats include heat […]

    Jun 26, 2015 | Stella Bartholet

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