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New Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Website
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced VAERS 2.0...
Jul 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Monitoring the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S.: What Tools are Needed to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 3.5 million Americans currently have HCV infection, and...
Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
2017 National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has published the 2017 National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual...
May 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now...
Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
User’s Guide: 2017 Online AIDS Drug Assistance Program Formulary Database
The National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently released the 2017 Online AIDS Drug Assistance...
Feb 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases New Radon Resources
At the culmination of January’s Radon Action Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two new...
Feb 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of Defense
This week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens...
Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC/DASH Announces New Division Director
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently named Dr. Kathleen Ethier as the new Division Director of CDC’s Division...
Nov 17, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Blog Series: Antimicrobial Resistance & Global Health Security – The State of...
Due to the continued application and overuse of antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance – which includes resistance among bacteria,...
Nov 03, 2016 | Sara Chang
New Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) WebsiteThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced VAERS 2.0 (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System 2.0), the national adverse event reporting system for monitoring the safety of U.S.-licensed vaccines. VAERS 2.0 includes a new reporting form and a new website that allows users to: Easily submit a VAERS […] Jul 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Monitoring the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S.: What Tools are Needed to Achieve Elimination?The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 3.5 million Americans currently have HCV infection, and rates of new infections have increased nearly 2.9-fold between 2010 and 2015. The latest data from 2015 indicate that an estimated 33,900 new infections occurred that year alone. With a growing consensus in the global health community that […] Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
2017 National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual ReportThe National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has published the 2017 National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report and its accompanying resources, which provide comprehensive information on AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs). Over the course of time, there have been significant shifts in funding and client need. While ADAPs have worked to meet those […] May 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
General Best Practice Guidelines for ImmunizationThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now available on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) website. These guidelines replace the General Recommendations on Immunization, last published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in 2011. The General Best Practice Guidelines for... Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
User’s Guide: 2017 Online AIDS Drug Assistance Program Formulary DatabaseThe National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently released the 2017 Online AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Formulary Database (the Database), which may be accessed via the accompanying User’s Guide. The Database provides an online, searchable, publicly available resource detailing state-by-state ADAP coverage of medications both individually and by drug class... Feb 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases New Radon ResourcesAt the culmination of January’s Radon Action Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two new resources to fight the nation’s second leading cause of lung cancer, contributing to over 20,000 deaths annually. These include a radon-focused webpage and a customizable communication toolkit. The website includes key information and resources on what individuals... Feb 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of DefenseThis week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens in events that debunk myths about drugs and alcohol, NACCHO is instead taking this opportunity to provide a sneak-peek into our Winter NACCHO Exchange issue, “On the Frontlines: Local Public Health versus America’s Opioid […] Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC/DASH Announces New Division DirectorThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently named Dr. Kathleen Ethier as the new Division Director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), effective November 28, 2016. Dr. Ethier brings a wealth of public health experience and leadership in addressing health issues of youth and women, with a focus on HIV, […] Nov 17, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Blog Series: Antimicrobial Resistance & Global Health Security – The State of Disease SurveillanceDue to the continued application and overuse of antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance – which includes resistance among bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi – is a growing threat to human health and an increasingly critical component of the Global Health Security Agenda. This blog series will explore monitoring and measurement systems for antimicrobial use and resistance, the […] Nov 03, 2016 | Sara Chang |
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