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MMWR – Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States,...
From 2014 to 2015, the death rate from synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl, increased by 72.2%, and heroin...
Jan 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Abstracts: 2017 National Sexual Health Conference
Sexual Health is a critical issue in the United States, cutting across the fields of public health, reproductive health, disease...
Jan 05, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Subscribe Now: Healthcare in Motion Digest
To reflect the rapid-fire nature of health care policy developments in the coming year, the Center for Health Law and Policy...
Jan 05, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Student Internship Opportunity: Summer 2017 – Environmental Health
The CDC is seeking college students (graduate and undergraduate) for its 2017 summer internship programs through the National Center...
Jan 04, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Job Opportunity: DuPage County Health Department – Epidemiologist
The DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton, IL is seeking an Epidemiologist for the Communicable Disease and Epidemiology...
Jan 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention: 2015 Annual Report
The Center for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) recently released their 2015 Annual...
Dec 30, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
The Digital Bridge Initiative: Improving Public Health Surveillance in the U.S.
Local health departments (LHDs) are the keystone to successful public health surveillance – the systematic and ongoing collection,...
Dec 28, 2016 | Lisa McKeown
Food Protection and Defense Institute: 2017 Student Competition
The Food Protection and Defense Institute is hosting a competition for graduate and upper-lever undergraduate students with a chance...
Dec 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Vaccine Information Sheets: Polio, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Meningococcal...
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) mandates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop vaccine...
Dec 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
MMWR – Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015From 2014 to 2015, the death rate from synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl, increased by 72.2%, and heroin death rates increased by 20.6%. Rates of death involving heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone increased across all demographic groups, regions, and in numerous states. Natural/semisynthetic opioid death rates increased by 2.6%, whereas, […] Jan 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Call for Abstracts: 2017 National Sexual Health ConferenceSexual Health is a critical issue in the United States, cutting across the fields of public health, reproductive health, disease prevention, clinical care, policy, advocacy, health equity, and the social determinants of health. The 2017 National Sexual Health Conference will share information, innovations, and advances in sexual health and develop conversations about supporting healthy sexuality... Jan 05, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Subscribe Now: Healthcare in Motion DigestTo reflect the rapid-fire nature of health care policy developments in the coming year, the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) is launching Health Care in Motion. This digest will include regular updates, action alerts, policy development analysis, white papers, and advocacy tools addressing the changing health care policy landscape. It is designed to support the […] Jan 05, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Student Internship Opportunity: Summer 2017 – Environmental HealthThe CDC is seeking college students (graduate and undergraduate) for its 2017 summer internship programs through the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). All internships last 9-weeks and are located in Atlanta, GA. Selected participants will experience environmental health at the federal level, explore potential career... Jan 04, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Job Opportunity: DuPage County Health Department – EpidemiologistThe DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton, IL is seeking an Epidemiologist for the Communicable Disease and Epidemiology Department in the Medical Office and Epidemiology Division. DuPage County is proud to be a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and home to some 926,000 residents. The health department employs approximately 525 dedicated health care professionals […] Jan 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention: 2015 Annual ReportThe Center for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) recently released their 2015 Annual Report. The report highlights an array of programmatic work, including innovative demonstration projects for men who have sex with men (MSM) of color; the use of advanced molecular diagnostics to halt emerging outbreaks; compelling new awareness campaigns; and,... Dec 30, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
The Digital Bridge Initiative: Improving Public Health Surveillance in the U.S.Local health departments (LHDs) are the keystone to successful public health surveillance – the systematic and ongoing collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of data to stimulate public health action. As local providers of health services, LHDs are well-positioned to monitor community health data, flag potential public health threats, and intervene to prevent endemics, pandemics,... Dec 28, 2016 | Lisa McKeown |
Food Protection and Defense Institute: 2017 Student CompetitionThe Food Protection and Defense Institute is hosting a competition for graduate and upper-lever undergraduate students with a chance to win up $5,000 in cash. Students teams of four to five individuals representing at least three different programs of study are eligible to enter. Participating teams must work together to identify and assess food supply-chains challenges related to food […] Dec 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Vaccine Information Sheets: Polio, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Meningococcal DiseaseThe National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) mandates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop vaccine information materials which are provided to patients prior to each vaccination. This mandate requires all health care providers (including local health departments) who administer vaccines against Pertussis, Mumps, Rubella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Measles Varicella,... Dec 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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