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Medscape Vaccine Acceptance Report: Where Do We Stand?
A new Medscape report was released on the state of vaccine acceptance since the 2015 Measles outbreak. See “Vaccine Acceptance...
Sep 01, 2015 | Kate Drezner
National Immunization Survey 19-35 months-2014
CDC recently released the National Immunization Survey 2014 data for 19-35 month olds. There were no significant decreases in infant...
Aug 31, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Human Plague
Since the beginning of April, there have been 11 cases of human plague across six states and three deaths from the disease. This is...
Aug 31, 2015 | Christina Baum
Outbreak Communications Guide
The National Public Health Information Coalition has released the Outbreak Communications Guide to help public health communicators...
Aug 25, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
“Vaccine” Releases Special Issue on Vaccine Hesitancy
On August 14, Vaccine released a special issue on vaccine hesitancy. The articles in this issue describe the current understanding of...
Aug 25, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Update on Partner Treatment for STIs
The Guttmacher Institute recently released a State Policy Brief on partner treatment for STIs which explores state policies around...
Aug 24, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NARMS Now: Human Data
The CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users...
Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum
Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool
The Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a software tool that assists drinking water and wastewater utility...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
Food Related Emergency Exercise Budget
The Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle (FREE-B) is a compilation of scenarios based on both intentional and unintentional food...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
Medscape Vaccine Acceptance Report: Where Do We Stand?A new Medscape report was released on the state of vaccine acceptance since the 2015 Measles outbreak. See “Vaccine Acceptance Report: Where Do We Stand?” for more information. Sep 01, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
National Immunization Survey 19-35 months-2014CDC recently released the National Immunization Survey 2014 data for 19-35 month olds. There were no significant decreases in infant vaccination in 2014 compared to 2013, but significant increases were seen with the first and second Hepatitis A dose. For the full results, view the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article and the CDC’s website. Aug 31, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
Human PlagueSince the beginning of April, there have been 11 cases of human plague across six states and three deaths from the disease. This is higher than usual for the year and the CDC update about the situation can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm64e0825a1.htm?s_cid=mm64e0825a1_x. Aug 31, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Outbreak Communications GuideThe National Public Health Information Coalition has released the Outbreak Communications Guide to help public health communicators effectively manage communications during an outbreak. View the guide for suggestions and resources to guide communications before, during, and after an outbreak. Aug 25, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
“Vaccine” Releases Special Issue on Vaccine HesitancyOn August 14, Vaccine released a special issue on vaccine hesitancy. The articles in this issue describe the current understanding of vaccine hesitancy and give broad recommendations for moving forward. Aug 25, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
Update on Partner Treatment for STIsThe Guttmacher Institute recently released a State Policy Brief on partner treatment for STIs which explores state policies around Expedited Partner Therapy, the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing prescriptions or medications to take to his or her partner without first being examined by a […] Aug 24, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NARMS Now: Human DataThe CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users to display information filtered by bacterial serotype, antibiotic, year, and state. This tool makes it easier to see how resistance has changed over time and by region and the results can be displayed as […] Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness ToolThe Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a software tool that assists drinking water and wastewater utility owners and operators in understanding potential climate change threats. The tool also aids in assessing the related risks at respective utilities. The tool helps to identify threats based on regional differences in climate change projections it then assists […] Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Food Related Emergency Exercise BudgetThe Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle (FREE-B) is a compilation of scenarios based on both intentional and unintentional food contamination events. It is designed with the intention of assisting government regulatory and public health agencies in assessing existing food emergency response plans, protocols and procedures that may be in place, or that they are in […] Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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