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CROI 2016 Electronic Conference Materials Now Available
Electronic materials from the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) are now available online. Conference...
Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
AIDS.gov Virtual Office Hours
AIDS.gov’s Virtual Office Hours provide free 45 minute social media technical assistance sessions for the HIV community every...
Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
World Hepatitis Day Theme Announced
The theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day, July 28, is “Elimination.” This year, two organizations are making...
Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
April is STD Awareness Month
April is STD Awareness Month and the 2016 theme is Talk. Test. Treat. The CDC’s Division of STD Prevention has produced a number...
Mar 15, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
NACCHO and CDC Partner for Radiation Sheltering Toolkit
Radiation preparedness is no longer just a concern for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities with the risk for a radiological...
Mar 10, 2016 | Kelsey Edge
2015 Annual Report to Congress on the Use of Mandatory Recall Authority
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires many deliverables from FDA, among them special reports and studies to be submitted...
Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang
CORE Network Provides Information on Recent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network was created to manage not...
Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang
Employee Health Sharing Session Recording Available
NACCHO and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently hosted a sharing session on employee health. During the session, the...
Mar 05, 2016 | Amy Chang
The National Chlamydia Coalition Adds 2014 HEDIS Data to Website
The National Chlamydia Coalition has added 2014 HEDIS data to its Quality Measures & Screening Recommendations webpage. Screening...
Mar 04, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
CROI 2016 Electronic Conference Materials Now AvailableElectronic materials from the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) are now available online. Conference electronic materials include the abstract e-book, program, searchable abstract and electronic poster database, and webcasts. Click here to access electronic materials from CROI. Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
AIDS.gov Virtual Office HoursAIDS.gov’s Virtual Office Hours provide free 45 minute social media technical assistance sessions for the HIV community every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:00-4:00PM ET. Appointments are available for individuals or groups who want to learn how to best use social media for their HIV programs. Sessions provide information on how to access, talk about or […] Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
World Hepatitis Day Theme AnnouncedThe theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day, July 28, is “Elimination.” This year, two organizations are making strides toward the elimination of viral hepatitis. The World Health Organization is set to adopt the first strategy for the elimination of viral hepatitis and the Institute of Medicine is assessing the feasibility of eliminating viral hepatitis in the United […] Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
April is STD Awareness MonthApril is STD Awareness Month and the 2016 theme is Talk. Test. Treat. The CDC’s Division of STD Prevention has produced a number of resources including updated fact sheets, brochures, online banners, sample social media messages, and STD testing site locators for health departments and community based organizations to use to promote STD prevention, testing, […] Mar 15, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NACCHO and CDC Partner for Radiation Sheltering ToolkitRadiation preparedness is no longer just a concern for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities with the risk for a radiological emergency from a radiation dispersal device (RDD) or an improvised nuclear device on the rise. Communities need to prepare for such an event, but also take into consideration that in the event of a large-scale radiation […] Mar 10, 2016 | Kelsey Edge |
2015 Annual Report to Congress on the Use of Mandatory Recall AuthorityThe Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires many deliverables from FDA, among them special reports and studies to be submitted to Congress. Click here to read the report on the use of mandatory recall authority in fiscal year 2015. Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang |
CORE Network Provides Information on Recent Foodborne Illness OutbreaksThe Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network was created to manage not just outbreak response, but surveillance and post-response activities related to incidents involving multiple illnesses linked to FDA-regulated human and animal food and cosmetic products. Get up-to-date information on on-going and recent multistate outbreaks here. Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Employee Health Sharing Session Recording AvailableNACCHO and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently hosted a sharing session on employee health. During the session, the Fairfax County Health Department in Virginia detailed their efforts to help retail food establishments improve compliance with the employee health requirements in the FDA Food Code. The presentation highlighted how the health department used compliance […] Mar 05, 2016 | Amy Chang |
The National Chlamydia Coalition Adds 2014 HEDIS Data to WebsiteThe National Chlamydia Coalition has added 2014 HEDIS data to its Quality Measures & Screening Recommendations webpage. Screening data is presented for commercial HMOs, commercial PPOs, and Medicaid HMOs. In 2014, Medicaid HMOs had the highest screening rates with 51.2% of women aged 16-20 and 60.1% of women aged 21-24 years being screened for chlamydia. Commercial […] Mar 04, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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