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NACCHO is recruiting local health departments to participate in its HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network (Sentinel Network)....
Jan 07, 2020 | Kat Kelley
By Nnandi Massac, Communications Intern The holiday season has arrived and with it comes family gatherings, work parties, and...
Dec 11, 2019 | Guest Author
Whether monitoring travelers for Ebola, managing a large-scale foodborne outbreak, investigating environmental exposures, or...
Dec 02, 2019 | Christina Baum
Merck and Prevention Access Campaign launched Owning HIV: Young Adults and the Fight Ahead, a new campaign featuring results from a...
Nov 27, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data...
Nov 21, 2019 | Erin Laird
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has released the 2018 School...
Nov 20, 2019 | Kat Kelley
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and...
Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
When a novel or targeted multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) or resistance mechanism is identified, local public health must act...
Oct 24, 2019 | Christina Baum
NACCHO is recruiting local health departments to participate in its HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network (Sentinel Network). The Sentinel Network is an important mechanism for gathering the local health department perspective so that NACCHO can fulfill its mission to be a leader, partner, catalyst, and voice for local health departments. The Sentinel Network […]
By Nnandi Massac, Communications Intern The holiday season has arrived and with it comes family gatherings, work parties, and something less fun: increased flu activity. In the first two months of this flu season (October 1 to November 30), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 2.5 million illnesses, 1.2 million medical […]
Whether monitoring travelers for Ebola, managing a large-scale foodborne outbreak, investigating environmental exposures, or identifying the unknown cause of an illness, during an outbreak or event, epidemiology and infectious disease staff at local health departments (LHDs) can be stretched thin. LHDs have lost 23% of their workforce since 2008, shedding over 40,000 jobs across the country. This...
Merck and Prevention Access Campaign launched Owning HIV: Young Adults and the Fight Ahead, a new campaign featuring results from a first-of-its-kind survey to better understand beliefs and perceptions about HIV among young adults in the U.S. Although young people now account for a majority of new HIV diagnoses, the survey findings show a jarring […]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data are available, this resulted in 72,000 deaths attributed to HAIs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat which compounds the challenge of HAIs. Antibiotic-resistant infections cause over 35,000 deaths each year and nine […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has released the 2018 School Health Profiles (Profiles) results. The School Health Profiles (Profiles) is a system of surveys assessing school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, and territories. Profiles surveys are conducted biennially by education […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a variety of food groups.
When a novel or targeted multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) or resistance mechanism is identified, local public health must act quickly to prevent its spread, implementing CDC’s Containment Strategy.
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