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CDC: Gonorrhea Treatment May Be Losing Effectiveness
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that gonorrhea treatment may be losing effectiveness. For...
Sep 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
IDSA Initiatives Seek to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is undertaking several policy-oriented initiatives to combat antimicrobial...
Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Study Estimates National Trends in Antibiotic Use Among US Hospitals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just published a study estimating patterns of US inpatient antibiotic use in...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Join the Global Conversation about Antibiotic Resistance
On September 21, global leaders will convene a high-level meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the global threat...
Sep 16, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Act Now! Support UN Activity on Antimicrobial Resistance
On September 21, 2016, the United Nations (UN) will be holding a High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance at the UN headquarters...
Aug 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance
By Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or...
Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health Departments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their...
Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Guidance Document: Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections and Combatting...
NACCHO is proud to announce the release of “Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections and Combatting Antimicrobial-Resistant...
Jul 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea Treatment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an...
Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC: Gonorrhea Treatment May Be Losing EffectivenessLast week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that gonorrhea treatment may be losing effectiveness. For the first time in the United States, health officials have identified a cluster of gonorrhea infections that shows both decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone and very high-level resistance to azithromycin. Ceftriaxone and azithromycin are the two drugs that... Sep 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
IDSA Initiatives Seek to Overcome Antibiotic ResistanceThe Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is undertaking several policy-oriented initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance. Check them out below and learn how your local health department can support these activities: Antibiotic Development: The 10x’20 Initiative: IDSA’s regulatory and legislative effort to spur research and development of new antibiotics to treat serious... Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Study Estimates National Trends in Antibiotic Use Among US HospitalsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just published a study estimating patterns of US inpatient antibiotic use in recent years. The findings showed more widespread use by U.S. hospitals of powerful antibiotics designed to fight infections when less-robust antibiotics fail, which the researchers described as a “worrisome” development as bacteria grow increasingly immune to... Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Join the Global Conversation about Antibiotic ResistanceOn September 21, global leaders will convene a high-level meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden will meet with world leaders to reinforce the importance of continued global action to fight antimicrobial resistance, the need to slow its potentially devastating impact on […] Sep 16, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Act Now! Support UN Activity on Antimicrobial ResistanceOn September 21, 2016, the United Nations (UN) will be holding a High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance at the UN headquarters in New York City. This meeting presents a great opportunity for world leaders to convene to address this problem in a coordinated manner across the globe. To help demonstrate strong public enthusiasm for this […] Aug 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial ResistanceBy Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing health challenges in our nation. Antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes are able to spread despite the treatment of drugs, placing individuals at high risk for death. Recently, an […] Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health DepartmentsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their efforts of tracking, investigating and preventing foodborne illness. Grant recipients will receive training for and access to advanced technology, including whole genome sequencers to improve detection and surveillance for antibiotic-resistance intestinal bacteria.... Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Guidance Document: Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections and Combatting Antimicrobial-Resistant MicroorganismsNACCHO is proud to announce the release of “Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections and Combatting Antimicrobial-Resistant Microorganisms: Perspectives and Guidance from a National Demonstration Site Project on Engaging Local Health Departments,” a guidance document for local health departments (LHDs) working on the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and... Jul 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea TreatmentThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, is emerging, according to CDC findings published in a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read the media statement and MMWR to learn more. Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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